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21 May 2009

posted Sep 29, 2009 3:50 AM by Frank Dunstan   [ updated Sep 29, 2009 4:30 AM ]
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.




Heavy black smoke blocks out the sunlight