On Friday 3 Jan at approx 2:16pm, a man was driving along the Monaro Highway when a mechanical fault sparked a fire in the car engine. Sparks from the car fire then started a small grassfire near Tuggeranong Pine Plantation. Eight ACT Rural Fire Service crews and 3 ACT Fire and Rescue crews and a commander contained and extinguished the fire. The fire was approx 2 Hectares in size and was blacked out by about 6pm. (Photos courtesy of Mitch Rodway, Garry Mayo and Gary Hooker).
Some additional photos of our Fire & Rescue colleagues at work have been provided by RFS Facebook page follower William Cocks.
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| The car fire on the Monaro Highway, near Tuggeranong Pine Plantation which started the bushfire. |
The grassfire was running pretty fast when the first crews arrived - see video clip here. The first priority was to whip around and secure the perimeter of the fire and put out any spot fires.
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| Once the perimeter of the fire was contained, then the mopping up process was able to commence. |
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| A Parks crew blacking out from the outside to inside of the fire. |
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| Mitch Rodway, Lauren Frett and Brennan Blaseotto mopping up. |
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| More mopping up. |
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| Garry Mayo and Braydon Reid putting out a smoker. |
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| A lot of hoses were rolled out to get into the hotspots. |
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| Jerra 10 crew apply special fire retardant foam to trees. |
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| Mopping up is nearly completed, just a few smokers left. |
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| Alan Ashman, Brennan Blaseotto, Mitch Rodway and Lauren Flett, GCRK 10 tanker crew looking a bit black after rolling up hoses. |
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| Braydon Reid and Garry Mayo filling up the tanker from a fire hydrant located at the intersection of Johnson Drive and Clift Crescent, Richardson. |
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| The end of the mop up - it all looks good. |
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| Photo: William Cocks |
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| Photo: William Cocks |
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| Photo: William Cocks |
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| Photo: William Cocks |
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