Drouin / Warragul Bush Fires 07/02/09

After a whole day of 46 degrees and ember attacks on my house the smoke clears with the southerly wind change which opened up the fire front across the mountain range of bunyip state forest and gave me a chance to film this

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[svolk2]

i live in QLD and my friend lives in Princess Street, Warragul, VIC.

does anyone know if the fires have hit her area? please tell me if yo uknow!

i need to know if she's ok

[Drakey01]

Shes Ok mate

[tankedline]

i could see so much smoke in the distance just over the hills from my house but i live 80km away and our area isnt on red alert just yet, fingers crossed....goood luck to everyone

[Drakey01]

Goodluck to you mate

[stufank]

Wow. You must be on Greenland Dr. We are at the end of Green Valley and couldn't see flame at all even though we were quite a bit closer. Thanks for posting this.

[Drakey01]

Looking across from Lardner Road.

[DarkMatterOfFantasys]

i'm in wa but i have a lot of mates round that area i hope that you and everyone eles who is still standing gets out before it's to leate, please make sure you stay safe

[KinglakeGuy]

The red cross appeal is still running.

[berniesharp91]

they closed gentle annie after this, dad was devo he couldnt go riding up in labertouche anymore :s

[DoopaSuper]

I bet ya never heard that Warragul was gonna be burnt to the ground if one of the bigger fires didnt change directions. It was predicted early that if the fires got close enough the embers would be blown by the wind or a massive fire would break out and would be unstoppable. Im not exactly sure but there was a map that the CFA had in Warragul and the entire of Warragul would have been burnt if the wind hadnt changed directions.

[thebigfatelephant]

my dad lives in Drouin South..

[Robborabies]

You are so lucky.

[hollyroxsox]

gosh i looked at these comments i cant beleive it was only 5 months ago, the fires were so terribe, the CFA and emergancy services did such a fantastic job, it is so sad, but the cfa website said that there will be more fires and possibly worse, its scary, i hope everybody is ok, i wouldnt wish it on anyone to be as scared as i was watching the fires from my house, i thank the Lord the wind changed, good luck to everybody affected, and good luck for next fire season

Holly

[bennyboyz54]

You shouldn't give away personal details, Joel.

[AJProfessional]

god bless, and he has to so many people

[LILgymnastLANNY]

That day will be a scar in my mind...we very nearly lost our house...25 meters from the house the wind changed.

[bundycountry]

im in lights on convoy ute club and we have been carting hay around for the fire victems that have nothing left to feed there animals and some of the things we have seen breaks ya heart but it makes me proud to be an aussie to see every one chipping in and lending a hand