More than 180 dead in bushfires

dylo · Last edited by dylo on Feb 11, 2009 9:57 am; edited 1 time in total

Yesterday, in Victoria, Australia, it reached more than 48C or 120F degrees.
several towns have been completely destroyed and more than 12 bushfires are still considered out of control.
there are reports of the fire moving more than 110kmh or 70mph and taking only minutes to destroy these communties.

dylo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 8:25 am Post subject:

pics:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5037339-5006020-60,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5037218-5006020-2,00.html

video:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/02/08/2485362.htm
http://media.theaustralian.com.au/multimedia/2009/02/08-rintoul/index.html

Raven · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 9:11 am Post subject:

Wow! those pics are intense i/m a prayin for some rain for down under.

JeffKnox · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

dylo, wow thats crazy.... your not anywhere near that are you?

JonnyBravo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 9:26 am Post subject:

Those fires are insane, my heart goes out to all who is affected.

dylo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 10:06 am Post subject:

i was fighting the flames at my best mates house yesterday, it came within 50m of us but luckily the wind forced the fire straight past us. big thanks to the CFA who saved the house. across the road was not so fortunate and 6 houses went up.

my grandparents live in eildon, where a 'complex wildfire' is heading. the front on that fire is over 100km wide and it has already burned more than 93000 hectares. my uncle lives in kinglake where 550 homes were lost and the whole town is gone apart from the pub. 22 people died in that town.. i know several of the people who have died.

the damage done is incomprehensible unless you have been there and seen it. i have seen bushfires before but this is unbelieveable.. it is hitting outer suburbs, its nothing like i have ever seen before.

dylo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 10:13 am Post subject:

dylo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

crispy · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 11:01 am Post subject:

my heart goes out to all your friends and family. hope all ends well dylo,

gatorskater · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 11:35 am Post subject:

You really hate to see this kind of stuff happen, I hope that things get better down there in Oz. It hits home when you see that this kind of stuff can happen in a country as well developed as this.

dylo, I'm sorry for your losses and I hope things get better. All I can offer right now is a pull if your even in FLA, wish I could do more.

RxSkater · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 11:55 am Post subject:

dylo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 11:57 am Post subject:

http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=45927&category=National%20News

empire88 · Ollie Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 72 City: CenCal

Was this intentionally set or was it natural?

I was in australia last year, and it seemed like if a fire sparked up there was so much dry brush that it would burn and jus keep burning.

cheapskate · Backside 180 Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 1424 City: Baytown

dylo · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject:

empire88, at one stage there was well over 400 burning. the one i was fighting was deliberately lit and the kinglake complex fire was also deliberate, that is now over 300,000 hectares (or 1200 sq miles), over 140 now confirmed dead and 10 on life support in victorias biggest hospital.

fires are now being treated as crime scenes and arsonists will be charged with murder

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

praying for you man.......

I'm in fire academy right now, remember one thing, Buildings can be replaced....... but no one can replace you. WHen your talking about arsonist and s#it like that, you need to be really carefull, they use excelerents that can get out of controll real quick, and alot of them actually set traps.

again my prayers go out to everyone who's life's have been changed by this.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject:

WOW those pics hit home for me, thats insane. I hope the death counts do not contuinue, and ill pray for all the familys that have lost people. Hope insurance can hook everyone up.

dylo · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 11:48 pm Post subject:

180 confirmed dead

empire88 · Ollie Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 72 City: CenCal

dylo · Posted: Feb 11, 2009 9:51 am Post subject:

thanks for the support guys, the worst is over now and there is no more direct threat to communities. however the weather is sposed to get hot and windy next week so heres for hoping that all the fires are well and truly extinguished by then.

police fear there is more than 400 dead.