Canberra's Fire: The Pierces Creek flame moves to the southern suburbs as "training" firefighters

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November 02, 2018 19:44:10

The thunderstorm had little effect on Canberra's south-western rumbling, when the rain barely reached the scene.

The 135-hectare flame is 7km from the nearest suburb of Kambah, and a "warning and action" warning remains, while suburban residents say they are importing their firefighting plans.

In the afternoon, firefighters set off from the city of Kambah to Gordon along the city edge, an "educational activity" designed to remind residents what the alert levels mean and what they need to do to prepare.

The Emergency Agency (ESA) targets 400 to 700 homes that are in standby and have no official clearance and no threat to property.

The Kambah Galilean School had been evacuated earlier, but all the other ACT schools were functioning normally.

More than twenty ACT firefighters took part in the fight with six water bomber aircraft.

New South Wales firefighters were also on standby to help, but they were eventually sent home.

The authorities have warned that the fire is moving south-east in steep terrain and a storm with strong, bad winds in the evening.

Unfortunately, only 1.4 millimeters of rain fell in the area.

Between the trees that crossed Canberra, strong winds crossed the city, but ESA said that this dust came from the mainland of New South Wales and did not smoke.

Rural properties are at greatest risk

ACT Emergency Service Commissioner Dominic Lane said despite the fact that Canberra in the suburbs was not immediately in danger of fire, rural property would be in danger as the fire was difficult to predict.

"On days like today, where there are very high levels of fire, where this stamping activity is taking place, the flats are threatened with ACT's wetland areas," he said.

"The main threat at the moment is the lack of fire resources in the area of ​​Pierces Creek and Tidbinbilla, to protect these houses and neighboring outbuildings on these farms.

"But in Canberra, thanks to the nature of our city and the proximity of the bush, in many parts of Canberra, homes in the bombing climate are at risk when the fire is approaching today."

Commissioner Lane said that these circumstances and the behavior of fire are a cause for concern, as strong blows would mean that spotted fire may occur.

"Fire behavior [overnight] it was completely unprecedented, "he said.

"The fire is still not checked and the firefighters worked very hard on that steep, inaccessible ground in a day … the size of the fire is growing."

Lane said she would expect fire to grow to hundreds of hectares, regardless of the fire fighting efforts.

ESA has said that bulldozers and other heavy machinery are being installed on site to help build insulation lines, but they can only create a distance from the fire to make sure the teams work safely.

The burned car is burning

Firefighters said the fire started from the burned car and occupied the adjacent pine forest.

He was a student of about 150 years of three and four Miles Franklin Primary School who was safely evacuated at Tidbinbilla Birrigai Outdoor School this morning.

Student Kaleb Swan said the group was struggling with smoke when they left the area.

"We had to leave early and leave an activity so we could get away from the buffets because the wind was heading to Birragai, just like the stove," he said.

"And we have a little strangled the smoke and want to go home."

Canberrans can read the rules and expectations of the complete fire prevention on the ACT website of the Emergency Agency.

Restoring the memories of 2003

Anything nearing the fire in Canberra will inevitably trigger the 2003 firefighters' memories, which killed four people and suffered nearly 500 homes.

Laurence Buchanan lost 15 years ago to Duffy's home and said there was no warning at that time and he did not receive any warning about the latest bombing.

"He returns to the many memories in 2003," he said.

"If you lose everything, you threaten yourself with such a threat.

– They expect people to be warned here and there is no warning.

Local riders, Lucy and Isabelle, evacuated their animals as an early precautionary measure.

"We were kids when bad fires happened, so we really know the consequences," Lucy said.

"We always have a bushfire season plan and our early evacuation.

– You better be safe than I'm sorry.

The northern suburbs exhibition park offers a free stand for those who needed it.

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02 November 2018 07:01:32