Bus ride through a Forest Fire in Queensland, Australia

If your impatient the most intense part is from 1:30 to 2:40, however the beginning sets the scene well and gives it an ominous and dramatic mood so I recommend watching the whole thing ;) I recorded this from the Greyhound bus on our way from Airlie Beach to Hervey Bay, believe it was close to Rockhampton. The fires were burning all the way down to the road and I could actually feel the heat from the flames inside of the bus. Apparently the fires had been raging for some twenty odd days in the area by then. This capture was made on the evening of 20th Oct 2009.

From the look of it the firefighters had initiated a hazard reduction burn to stop a much larger fire from spreading further. As long as the wind was blowing to the same direction I presume they would keep the road open.

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[donutcrimeboss]

 Oh my god, thats unbelievable.. WOW Amazing... I had no idea they had greyhound buses in Australia

[Veabu84]

@donutcrimeboss Wow...you're really into greyhound huh? ;)

[makjac46]

Hi. My name is Tom, up until 2007 I drove for GREYHOUND, based in BRISBANE. I retired and moved to Northern Ireland to share Grandparent duties with my wife.Your video brought back many memories of myself driving through fires similar but not as intense as your journey This is a great visual and music to match.

It seems to me that the firefighters let traffic through that fire just a little bit early. Thank you for the up-load and many happy travels in the future. Tom

[Veabu84]

@makjac46 Thank you Tom. It was something I don't get to see everyday to say the least.

[JustasPikelis]

Could i still use this for my school project?

Great video!

[Veabu84]

@JustasPikelis no prob

[hiimambob]

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

[AkashSonthalia]

Can I use this in a video?

[ourtortsystem]

S.P>E>C>T>A>U>L>A>R!!11

[iampeeay01]

OMG!!! how big was the fire??? it gave me a knot on my chest while watching this video... hoping that there were no lives taken during this wild fire... may it be human or animal... :(

[miningwithlolz]

roses are red, violets are red, trees are red.

oh, look, a forest fire.

[dudejustponts]

Pause the vid and mute it and then play the terminator 2 sound track

[ROWSELLTV]

fuck theres some dumb cunts around. i work for the dse we do this everyday, if you all knew the reason behind planned burns you would think its perfectly fine, and safe to a extent , but sometime they do get out of control but very rarely

[ilovetoeatrice]

this is great footage. the path your car is taking is awesome too. a lot of movies could use this footage for any forest fire scenes.

[MarcusFen2008]

Dracula's theme song fits this perfectly xD

[glassessn]

@jaylynn2500 yes

[niggyVB]

Dirt Mcgirt