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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:46 pm
by AV201
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:49 pm
by chrissss
we got another callout to the spectacles,i believe its smoke from the forrestdale incident.
good too see there sending 3.4s and 2.4 to the forrestdale incident.
chris
Carine still smouldering
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:04 pm
by northeast
Call out made to Carine Glades open Space again, still smouldering, was also yesterday when i went past during work, its years of swamp vetetation thats grown on top of each other every year for goodness how long, an area i saw was 18 inches deep of thick matted creeper and they cant get the water to soak through it, it will smoulder for some time.
Re: Carine still smouldering
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:35 pm
by playworth
northeast wrote:Call out made to Carine Glades open Space again, still smouldering, was also yesterday when i went past during work, its years of swamp vetetation thats grown on top of each other every year for goodness how long, an area i saw was 18 inches deep of thick matted creeper and they cant get the water to soak through it, it will smoulder for some time.
same in greenwood, we have a firebug around area sping ave greenwood ch50
Re: Carine still smouldering
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:38 pm
by rambler318
northeast wrote:Call out made to Carine Glades open Space again, still smouldering, was also yesterday when i went past during work, its years of swamp vetetation thats grown on top of each other every year for goodness how long, an area i saw was 18 inches deep of thick matted creeper and they cant get the water to soak through it, it will smoulder for some time.
Its actually called peat. It will burn down as far as the water table as it has it's own oxygen. It can burn numerous meters underground and then pop up and create another fire. This will probably be burning until the winter rains raise the water table. Speak to the guys from Wanneroo as they know all about it.
Re: Carine still smouldering
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:14 pm
by northeast
rambler318 wrote:northeast wrote:Call out made to Carine Glades open Space again, still smouldering, was also yesterday when i went past during work, its years of swamp vetetation thats grown on top of each other every year for goodness how long, an area i saw was 18 inches deep of thick matted creeper and they cant get the water to soak through it, it will smoulder for some time.
Its actually called peat. It will burn down as far as the water table as it has it's own oxygen. It can burn numerous meters underground and then pop up and create another fire. This will probably be burning until the winter rains raise the water table. Speak to the guys from Wanneroo as they know all about it.
Yes, I know what peat is, this is not peat, its a creaper (as described above) of heavy nature, grows around edge swampy areas,ci went and actually saw some burning underneath and other untoughed, firies told me its a pest weed, years of matting on top of each season.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:03 pm
by Fastlane
Kikuyu ?
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:16 am
by chrissss
AV201,great pics,wat was the location of this fire looks like naval base or hopevalley area,i looked at your site just before you posted these got some great pics on there.
chris
Carine glades again
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:25 am
by northeast
Malaga should be able to drive backwards to carine open space by now, ,another 2 fires there this morning, and they dampening down now,,,
Have any firemen/women been home for xmas,,doubt it.
Now North East side has flared up again. 1415
another fire
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:01 pm
by northeast
Another fire has been reported started by arcing powerlines, not sure where? WP called,
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:01 pm
by yorky
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).
Re: another fire
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:30 pm
by TheDoc
northeast wrote:Another fire has been reported started by arcing powerlines, not sure where? WP called,
it might be this
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:32 pm
by chrissss
cheers heaps yorky our 3.4 and 7.2 are in that footage
thanks again.
chris
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:42 pm
by Millsy
Cheers Yorky!
That's great mate (Y)
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:23 pm
by Tyranus
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??