Forestfire

Posted by Coffeejunkie on April 27th, 2011 | 4 comments | 284 views
what a shock
the april 26. 2011 there was a fire starting in a garage and suddenly the fire was all over the forest behind.
since weeks we had no rain


here the pictures taken from my Balcony:









at night:






the morning after:






280 firefighters are working, 8 helicopters and 3 army super puma helicopters are helping.
thanks to them the fire is under control! great job guys!
it looks much better now, but still... it is scary


may 5. 2011
the fire is extinguished!
we all are happy about it
now they work to protect the mainroad from rocks which getting loose.

big thank you to all the firemen and military peaple who help to get this under control

Comments

  • # posted by grietje on May 5th, 2011 1:20 am
    ja mijn familie woond in groet..hetis niet best die brande n er gaat heel wat verloren daar ..ik wens een ieder veel sterkte toe..grietje.
  • # posted by Christian C on April 27th, 2011 11:59 am
    Good report about the dryness, there will be many fires in many areas if we have no good rains in the next month.
  • # posted by lucas van loenhout on April 27th, 2011 7:43 am
    thanks fot this report, it hopefully will realize people to be careful with fire.
  • # posted by Trudy Tuinstra on April 27th, 2011 6:52 am
    Great report! Thanks for sharing and hope there will be no futher dammage.

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