Major Fires 2007/08 (Bush/Scrub)

Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:53 pm

Negitive - From the chopper it looked like mandogalups 3.4

ZO100_marto · Post by **ZO100_marto** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:55 pm

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx? ... ntID=52611

Motorists will be escorted in convoys along part of Great Eastern Highway today as fire crews battle to contain a blaze in the Boorabbin National Park.
With strong north-westerly winds and 43C heat, firefighters are under pressure to contain the blaze which has burnt more than 5000 hectares 80km east of Southern Cross.
Department of Environment and Conservation incident controller Barry Hooper says the fire was held back despite several â€œrunsâ€

Moonlight · Post by **Moonlight** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:51 am

Sky News just had a bulletin stating that 3 people have died after a convoy of trucks caught fire

Edit: 7 trucks found burnt out, 2 adults and a child deceased.

Matt. · Post by **Matt.** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:50 am

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/na ... 07493.html

Three die in WA bushfire
December 31, 2007 - 6:57AM

Two adults and a child have died in a bushfire in Western Australia's eastern goldfields, police said today.

The bodies were recovered from two burnt out trucks in Boorabbin National Park between Southern Cross and Coolgardie about midnight last night, a police spokesman said.

Fire crews and police discovered the bodies in two of seven trucks burnt out and abandoned about 75 kilometres east of Southern Cross.

"One truck contained an adult body and the other truck contained an adult and what appeared to be the body of the child," the spokesman said.

Further examination of the scene was not possible due to the intense heat, but police would return to the scene early today to investigate, he said.

The road would also remain closed until further notice.

The bushfire has been burning since Friday, scorching more than 7500 hectares, downing powerlines and closing a major West Australian highway.

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:20 am

Tyranus wrote:
chrissss wrote:
yorky wrote:Millsy, here is some footage from the news over the past week or so: http://www.warsug.info/viewtopic.php?p=39345#39345 (within the cuts somewhere).
cheers heaps yorky our 3.4 and 7.2 are in that footage
thanks again.

chris
Millsy was that your 7.2 or 3.4 that looked like it was spraying the roof of that house with a monitor??

i did say it was ours?

and ppl dying is terrible.

Post by **Tyranus** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:08 am

chrissss wrote:
Tyranus wrote:
chrissss wrote: cheers heaps yorky our 3.4 and 7.2 are in that footage
thanks again.

chris
Millsy was that your 7.2 or 3.4 that looked like it was spraying the roof of that house with a monitor??
i did say it was ours?

and ppl dying is terrible.

my bad

helps if I read, I can't even think of why I would make that mistake lol.

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:04 am

Tyranus wrote:
chrissss wrote:
Tyranus wrote: Millsy was that your 7.2 or 3.4 that looked like it was spraying the roof of that house with a monitor??
i did say it was ours?

and ppl dying is terrible.
my bad helps if I read, I can't even think of why I would make that mistake lol.

lol its all good,honest mistake lol

JG-103 · Post by **JG-103** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:06 am

kalamunda icv at a big fire at the moment, currently called heartfield control, is around excalabur rd and marble close area, unsure of the very exact location. police are using midland channel non stop, one fire fighter with an eye injury, perth covering wangarra, fair few brigades at the incident, have only recently tuned in, so unsure of who exactly, some residents have already been told to evac, heard the police arranging vehicles to set up around other streets to be ready to get them to evac as well. Winds expected to be 35-55km/h.

Post by **playworth** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:17 am

alot resources ch 37 for wa pol

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:56 am

JG-103 wrote:kalamunda icv at a big fire at the moment, currently called heartfield control, is around excalabur rd and marble close area, unsure of the very exact location. police are using midland channel non stop, one fire fighter with an eye injury, perth covering wangarra, fair few brigades at the incident, have only recently tuned in, so unsure of who exactly, some residents have already been told to evac, heard the police arranging vehicles to set up around other streets to be ready to get them to evac as well. Winds expected to be 35-55km/h.

our 3.4 just got pager to a fire in forrestfield is this the one???

chris

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:04 am

just heard on the radio that its the same incident i wonder if its frs or bushies,coz were pretty far away from there!must be bushies if kalamunda icv is being used.

on the radio news they said its in mop up stage.

chris

Post by **Tyranus** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:45 am

chrissss wrote:
JG-103 wrote:kalamunda icv at a big fire at the moment, currently called heartfield control, is around excalabur rd and marble close area, unsure of the very exact location. police are using midland channel non stop, one fire fighter with an eye injury, perth covering wangarra, fair few brigades at the incident, have only recently tuned in, so unsure of who exactly, some residents have already been told to evac, heard the police arranging vehicles to set up around other streets to be ready to get them to evac as well. Winds expected to be 35-55km/h.
our 3.4 just got pager to a fire in forrestfield is this the one???

chris

Yeah probably, Forrestfield is in Kalamunda's area.

BuddahFRS · Post by **BuddahFRS** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:26 am

Nah its started as a FRS incident brigades first responded

Welshpool 1st
Welshpool 2nd
Canning vale P/lt
Armadale 2nd HSR/LT
Maddington P/LT
Kalamunda FRS l/t
Kalamunda BFB ICV/1.4/2.4/lt?

Call came in at 1:30 this morrning

Fire started on Hartfield road and jumped tonkin highway then jumped hale road, west of tonkin highway

some dammage done to a few cars and shed, dont think we lost any houses, was a bit heptic with the wind speed and changes.

Post by **auntys_eyes** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:38 pm

Was listening to this from its beginning until 3am (when i fell asleep), both WAPol (Midland ch54) and 6AR. Police resources very stretched with road blocks and residential evacuations. VKI operator had to bring in vehicles from other districts (Cannington, Joondalup). Firies kept busy with very strong winds and wind direction changes. Command post for incident was relocated twice due to condition changes. I did hear a call of "one house lost" next to the Soils Ain't Soils yard off Hardey East Road, but certainly many homes under direct threat. Police were concerened for one woman who went in to a burning paddock to retrieve horses (she came out ok). The VKI operator sounded very concerned about WAPol personell not driving through, or being stationed near the fire fronts.

Bigfella78 · Post by **Bigfella78** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:08 pm

Gosnell's Lt 1 and 2.4 where turned out before 4am to assist.

I hate it when the pager interrupts a really good dream...

Lots of cops there. A hell of a lot of mop up.. Anyone here about how it started?