Imagine waking up to an evacuation call. Get out, get out immediately!
It is day 4 now of the fire and overnight very strong winds arrived.
So evacuations of people and horses are taking place in the danger areas. The fire started in pine forests on the the mountain range on Wednesday and last night the flames leapt over driven by the new wind, to another mountain here. The area is covered with farms and posh residential areas on the lower slopes of the mountain.
So, of course I was out with the camera.
This below is one of the residential areas.
Some of the shots look like sunset pictures, but they were all taken this morning.
All of the entrance roads to the mountain were blocked for traffic and I found this road to walk up in order to get a better view of the mountain.
Got 2 great shots here below.
No helicopters could go up because the winds were too strong and a few times I was almost blown off my feet. Marian stayed in the car for safety's sake and the smoke smell was very overpowering.
The Helicopters will soon be up as the wind have simmered down, but unfortunately I have to go to a meeting and so no more photos until later.
I will show you one of my chopper shots here that I took at a fire in 2018.
News on the radio now, is that the fire is still out of control and we applaud our brave fire fighters that are doing their best.
Pray with us that no life will be lost.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
