Victorian Bushfires still claiming lives

As some one that live in the Wimmera seen again this weekend the horror of fire. Personally effected by 500 meters down the road was a fire  started in High temperature and High winds. Horsham lost 7 houses the Golf Club, 1 Fire Truck and a workshop. After driving around the area the fires went trough there where fences and sheds burnt to the ground. Electricity  and water cut from home in around Haven. Mark McIntyre was the golf pro had his business destroyed  with the Golf Club and his home under threat in Haven.

 

But Horsham was very lucky as many other more severe fires took hold across Victoria. With more that 75 people dead and 700 homes destroyed state wide.

 

Lynton brown posted this comment on my Facebook

From a colleague of mine " I was at De Bortolis just up the road from Chateau Yering yesterday. Fires raged on 3 sides around us. Then suddenly in a matter of a couple of minutes it got really dark and then fire started coming over the hill and straight down towards us. We all (200+ of us) had to rush into the wine cellar and we weren’t allowed outside. It was sooooo close! Then in a stroke of good luck the wind changed and slowed its decent and they were able to control it. But it continued to burn all night. We were supposed to be in a marquee but it turned into a makeshift stand up wedding in the winery. Some people were crying and it was pretty bad. They were hosing the building down and the helicopters bombed it from above. No one was allowed to leave until about midnight. The bride and groom held it together amazingly  well though. I can’t believe how close it got! Then driving back down the Melba Hwy everything on the both sides of the road was still burning. "

Lynton Brown I heard tonight that someones house was saved twice last night only to be burnt down when the power came back on

There are many amazing stories of heroic acts from the Greatest Fire Fighters in the world.

Look at some of the amazing photos here

 

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