Below are some photos taken at a wildfire in gamba grass infested country. It is difficult trying to fight a fire and take a photo at the same time, which is why nothing spectacular and so few. The day was dry and windy and the fire started shortly after midday upwind of a property with an orchard overgrown with gamba grass then burnt through to a couple of vacant blocks with a lot of gamba and mission grass. There was one spot over on the main road to the west, but this was easily managed. Fire fighters kept the fire out of a very large mango orchard to the north and the first orchard had only a few trees burnt. Bushfires NT are investigating the cause of the fire. Units from Darwin River, Berry Springs, Livingstone, Elizabeth Valley, Acacia Hills, Labasheeda and Bushfires NT attended. |