Massive 5 Alarm fire burns out of control in Christchurch
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- A massive 5 Alarm fire burns out of control on Worsleys spur, Cashmere, Christchurch , New Zealand , at least 10 helicopters have been called in and the situation here is extreme.
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Heavy intensive grazing should be applied annually up till say 3 weeks ago to clear spring growth
Exactly, that's what made the first one so bad, lack of grazing. I helped fight the first one and we all said we'll be back here again in a few years if they don't put stock back on. Who would have thought closing land to grazing and letting the grass grow out of control would be a fire hazard.
Thanks Geoff
Driving home from Hornby to Little River around 10.30, I hadn't given the fire much thought until I reached the top of the overpass just after turning onto Halswell Junction Rd from Springs Rd. A large stretch of the hills that run from Halswell to Tai Tapu were aglow with the fire(s). By the time I got to the lights where Halswell Jctn Rd becomes Sparks Rd I could see massive flames. I'd estimate that stretch of fire to be 2-3km long. It was headed South, towards Tai Tapu. I couldn't smell smoke most of the way home but could as I got closer to Birdlings Flat. I'm home, up Western Valley now and the smell is not subsiding. I'll be monitoring this constantly
Is it me or does it look like that water filled monsoon bucket is doing bugger all?
Unfortunately, unless they fly a water bomber in from overseas (or have one here for summer from the northern winter) with attendant support (AFF additives, retardants, marker dyes etc.)
NZ cannot afford to buy or hire a water bomber that could be effective
The airport is only 8kms away......
Yep. Need a Need a Martin Mars.
New Zealand have so many topdressing planes that could be called on within hours but probably won't until its a massive fire out of control. They could drop 2,000 litres in one drop
That's only twice the monsoon bucket..
and the plane needs an airport...
admittedly the CHCH Airport is 10km away but that's till 4 minutes flying, landing, turnaround and 4 minutes return,,,..
a heli dipping a nearby swimming pool can do 10 trips in that time....?
@@darrenbarclay4833
He looks a bit high , but you'd be surprised how crucial they are to fighting fires , we'd be buggered without them.
Prayers and help for animals and people caught up in this horror.
Hope you guys in NZ don't have a wildfire season like we did last year in Canada and we'll likely have again this year 😞
The fire on the Port Hills is massive!
how big bro? i cant get a average amount? someone told me 50 acres
100 hectares @ the press briefing around 4pm?
@@valcan009
I live on the Port Hills, luckily down wind. Watching.
Omg it’s a big bloody fire when you see how little the chopper looks
How many days did the last big fire up there take to put out? Stay safe helo pilots.
60 + days, finally out early April 2017.
7 years to the day of the Port hills fire in 2017 (+/- 1 day) in Christchurch & the recent Lee valley fire in Nelson was 5 years almost to the day as well as the Wakefield fire in 2019.
Its peak Summer, everything is dry and hot. Most likely time to happen.
I was holding my breath when you crossed that double yellow.
I do hope no-one person or animals are hurt - keep safe everyone. kia kaha Fire men and Women stay safe folks.
Hoping all houses & animals are safe plus land
For a second there Geoff I thought you'd found yourself another mental volcanic eruption 😂 pretty dry and windy in central Otago at the moment hopefully we get more rain like Thier forecasting
With the funds raised from the sale of just one seized illegal fishing boat rapeing our waters offshore, we could own adequate fire fighting tanker plains that would do the job, could all residents piss in a bucket because those choppers do little more than that lol.
Was watching it unfold from Diamond Harbour area
What a mess
Bloody scary Geoff, great footage aswell, remember as a teenager in the 1990's when we lived at Aylesbury, looking towards the porthills from the back paddocks and just seeing an orange glow, can't remember what year it was but that was big and scary too
bloody lasers
And your proof that it was caused by a laser?
@@motherofcatsnzyour proff it wasn't
They did promise us wildfires this summer. Hawkes Bay will be next..
@@motherofcatsnz just someone trying to start a new conspiracy :P
More 15 minute cities?
I blame the polar bears for this 🐻❄
Blame the Monterey Pinus radiata pine plantation planters. NOT native NZ flora. Destroys our habitat. Not suited to many parts of NZ AT all!
Plus get real on drones, arson & fireworks and lax fire regulations & machinery use.
yea fgn government polar bears!
Yeah, and ironically you're not trying to be funny, they stopped grazing the undergrowth for environmental reason.
More chance of it being an A10.No polar bears in the Southern Hemisphere.
man that looks big hope their ok
Do you live/stay in Woolston? You must be a short distance from my place.
mate, i thought NZ never really had wildfires. guess they got a taste of up here in australia. (even tho aussie bushfires were more worse)
It's not unusual for nz to have bush fires at this time of the year til end of March early April. It's dependent on weather patterns. Definitely not like Australia ush fires that's for sure
Christchurch (Canterbury) has fairly similar weather to Melbourne, cold ish winters but can get very dry and hot in Summer. Lets be real, not on the same level as much of Australia.
@@Battleneter yeah, that wasn't as bad as AUS
Cant believe its practically to the day of the 2019 port hills fire that claimed the life of a helicopter pilot 🙏
That was 2017.....
7 years of replanted pinus radiata (Monterey pine) plantation,
gorse and scrub with no grazing allowed....
nice tall dry dead grass everywhere including between the nice 7 year old trees...
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq Deja vu all over again.
NZ like Australia need to build fire rated homes in these high fuel load areas, homes made with steel frames, steel mesh ember gutter guards, aluminium roller shutters, sprinklers on the roofs, eaves that cover walls, verandahs and doorways, water tanks specifically for fighting fires fitted with pumps, hoses & fittings, gardens, and areas around homes fire retardant....measures than can buy time, save lives and property....plus everyone needs a fire evacuation plan because you won't have time nor under stress the ability to think about what to take...Im a veteran Australian fire fighter, I live in a red zone and my go bag is ready & my plan is practised I have less than 10 min to leave, one way out and a city of people to contend with doing just that ... its worth knowing for me & my loved ones I ready
What time was the first dispatch?
2.15pm???
You can see the fire from some houses
Be safe
14 Helos as of now
Omg my sister has friends on Hoon Hay Valley road 😢
It's ceazy, almost the same area as 2017 and what the primary fuel! Pinus Radiata, the same tree that ruined the east coast of the North island 12 mths ago we need to get real about land management, farms don't burn
Sorry port hills 😔
i here your truck come past i knew you where down centaurus road
I can see the smoke from my house
This hampers the effort of the helicopters flying your drones
Agree with you. Nice footage but a PITA for aviators
He is 7km from the fire in the first vid..
There was no drone in the shot taken up the hill there at the end.
You want to see vids of the fire??????
Someone has to take them....
best would be a go pro broadcasting off the skid of a fire fighting helo????
Absolutely no drones were flown by me at the fire scene. 10kms away at Ferrymead, yes
Get out of there mate
He's miles away from the fire.....
and outside the cordon.
No problems.
You are not a fireman
No;
but firemen are constrained from taking vids while working.
The best solution would be a remotely controlled camera broadcasting from the skid of a fire fighting helicopter...
the pilot would just do the flying and the remote operator on the ground kilometres from the fire could handle the videoing....?
37 houses gone and counting