Helicopters control bush fires at Manly Dam, Sydney.
I don’t often post videos to my blog as it takes precious battery/time however I felt this one deserved an upload.
(Warning, weird accent ahead)
What an amazing sight this was. It wasn’t a wild fire but back burning, controlled fires to help prevent the chance of a wildfire. I didn’t actually know this was a thing coming from England, the U.K. doesn’t generally have this issue in the summer months. The problem is finding a spot dry enough to start a fire…
The helicopters flew directly overhead. One seemed to hover around the flames, I’m guessing to monitor it and feed back updates. The other was picking water up but I didn’t actually see it drop water onto the affected area. Was it simply a practice session? I guess so.
What amazes me is that they can create fires this big that don’t actually spread. It was a calm day, no winds which helped a lot. Has anyone else seen this before? I’d love to know.
Safe travelling!
Ooooohhhhhhh…..we’ve been living with that view all summer……..
Not good…
Our fires have now expanded into the next province, Alberta.
🙁