Fire Shots

[Tigger]

these are not great but they give you a little idea of what was going on

First shot was when the fire started so I headed up the hill to get some photos of the plane coming in from the sea

untitled-68 by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

next - returned 3 hrs later as I wanted to see just how close it was getting this was 5 minutes from the house - at that time the police were now blocking the roads and was told - they will come to me if we needed to get out

untitled-87 by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

View from our garden and by this time the fire was going right across the back and we had bags and pets ready to leave

untitled-88 by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

Following another car as we were being taken down the hill by the police at one stage they turned hoses onto our cars as we were driving so close to flames going down

untitled-91 by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

Next day planes hard at work

untitled-43 by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

clear sky at last

untitled-187 by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

although today can already here the helicopters going as the land is still smoking

[Stan]

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REally frightening Ian. Glad you are safe now

Super shots of the fire but I bet you never want another opportunity to take such shots so close to home

Stan

[Tigger]

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very much so Stan - the photo showing the fire and the waste bin I walk there every day to dump rubbish, it was then I knew this was a lot worse than I thought - The shot in my garden shows how close a call it was for us

[lunarbo]

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That is frightening----- especially the views from your garden.

Throw the book at the perpetrators ... 20yrs sounds about right.

We have campo at the bottom of our garden and our neighbours' gardeners tried to tip their garden rubbish into it.We told them they would be denounced unless they disposed of it correctly. Seeing pictures like these I think justifies our actions- we may have been seen as grumpy old farts but just look at what can happen. Very sobering

PS am sufficiently moved by this not to comment on the quality of your photos,although I see the props on the plane are nicely whizzed!!

[Tigger]

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20 yrs I think will be a starting point for this - if they catch them

we don't have issues with dumping but we live half way up a hill that leads onto a massive nature reserve, least it used to be - I was able to get a sneak peep yesterday whilst we were allowed back to the house and its devastated now and will probably never recover least not in my time, its very upsetting

RE plane, thanks I had lots of fly passes to get it right

[Dave61]

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Good to show just how close it was, but if I was the judge, then I`d give them life as it could of ended up with a lot of injuries or deaths.

[tesarver]

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A very frightening experience that one would not want to repeat again. I'm happy to hear that you are all safe and sound and back into your home and my prayers and thoughts go out to your neighbors that didn't fair as well.

[Bill53]

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Horrific experience for you Ian but well documented. Good to know you are all safe and well.

Bill.

[antoeknee]

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Hi Ian, first and foremost its really good both you and yours are safe and well. Whilst it would have been devastating to loose possessions these could have been replaced but its good this is not the case.

Re the nature reserve it depends how much commitment there is in trying to restore this. Nature can amaze us sometimes and with a bit of help recovery can be quite swift.

[the black fox]

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Good lord Ian that is frightening at least you still have life ,limb and property ,does this mean I can get a reduced rate on a visit

[ColytonJohn]

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Very frightening and I'm so glad you, Mrs. Tigger and all the little pet Tiggers are all OK. As we saw in Oz recently, fires like this don't take prisoners.

That first shot of the aeroplane caused a double take as I thought it was a big yellow duck coming into land and that all the smoke inhalation had turned you into a birder! Fortunately, for we landscape enthusiasts, this is clearly not so

Cheers,
John

[Tigger]

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Cheers guys ...

Whilst I would agree with you Ant regarding nature recovering I'm pretty sure I'll not see that in my lifetime here as my town is right in the middle of some of the biggest nature parks along the Spanish coastline, or was !!! - 5 yrs ago we have a massive fire on another reserve and now whilst its looking better still very baron, with no trees growing and other than some palms still looks pretty near the same, problem is to bring life you need rain and thats something we are not seeing much of anymore, so I wonder if it will ever recover ...

To give you some idea below is a friends areal shot, showing one of the main fire zones ( we had 3 large fires going at once). This national park used to attract thousands to walk around trees and access hidden beach coves that you only could by walking, thats all gone and you can also see how close a call as our homes are at the base of it, but this is just a small amount of the damage its called.. I sadly don't think this part of Spain will ever be the same again, its very sad

[Dave61]

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OMG on that photo, I really hope they catch and lock up the idiots who did this, such a sad waste.

[lunarbo]

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and it's an OMG from me too.

[Tigger]

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yep its shocking images - a friend was able to get back to his house today thats been totally burned out and is uninhabitable - its a before and after, the people in those houses were very lucky, the land not so