fire!

[Justdriftnby]

Alot of beautiful countryside has been lost and alot more will probally go too, My parents are in Toolangi and as of 10 mins ago they are sorounded by fire and cant get out, they have \been without power for 36 hours now and must stay and fight, If only we could get our hands on any person that has deliberatly lit any of these fires that have desimated so much. Why would someone feel that this is fun???

 

[Ned_fisch]

Its devastating.. I really hope that the families of the 76 people that died all stay strong.
I wish I could go down and help in some way.

Hope everybody in the area of these fires stay safe and to the people that have lost there homes can get shelter easily..

Good luck to them all!!

 

[kakariki]

I urge all SA bods to check this thread!
http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/chit-chat/fire-donation-adelaide-102938

 

[Jewly]

The mongreals who started these fires need to be tied up in the middle of the main street and let the people rip them to shreds!! No amount of justice is ever going to make them pay for the devastation they have caused to so many.

 

[Trouble]

:cry: 80 people now dead in these fires .... R.I.P.
700+ homes been distroyed.
the mongreals that started this need to be punished in the highest order!! heartless is all they are! :evil:

 

[moosenoose]

I'm thinking of taking a few days off this week (if works allows me to) and see if the SES or anyone might like an extra pair of hands. There is too much for even the numbers they have out there already to cope with.

 

[Wild_Storm]

Can anyone tell me if Georges Creek is near ANY of the fires??? Please?? I have friends who recently moved down and we don't know if they are safe.

 

[boxhead]

The mongreals who started these fires need to be tied up in the middle of the main street and let the people rip them to shreds!! No amount of justice is ever going to make them pay for the devastation they have caused to so many.

I hope they catch the low life scum that started this . Just wish we still had the death penalty .the ones that started this have given up there right to live .IMO

 

[Wild_Storm]

The Death Penalty is too good for any person who deliberately starts a fire in these conditions, or when someone loses their life due to their insane behaviour. They should be slowly burned... until they crisp... while still alive. But that is JMO!!!

 

[tgirl73]

These scumbuckets who get a kick out of lighting fires should be lit on fire.

Anyone in Melbourne who is able to help those affected with putting up temporary housing for their pets please go to this website

http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2009/02/offer-help---or.html

I have contacted the wildlife org myself to arrange collections tins for my place of work.. anyone here that can do the same please contact mailto:[email protected]

 

[Jay84]

I have just read the death toll is now 84 i was watching the videos on the internet and it was so sad to see all the cars that would have contained people trying to escape lined up on the road, overcome by the flames. my heart goes out to the families and loved ones of the people claimed by the fire.

Have they found the cause of these fires? arson?

 

[Ships]

you can pretty much bet that it was arson. Its about time they treated it as murder and applied multiple life sentances to any proven respocible.

 

[elapid@]

this is a very sad moment as the death toll keeps rising now 108 people
to those who are effected my heart goes out to you all.
Im lost for words, this is absolutly horror.
arsonist should be removed from our planet

 

[FROGGIESrCUTEo_O]

108 now. Black Saturday is now the worst natural disaster in Australia.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/deaths-climb-to-96-with-more-to-come-20090208-810r.html?page=2
http://www.theage.com.au/national/newsreader-naylor-dies-with-wife-20090208-810t.html?page=2
http://www.theage.com.au/national/s...of-of-life-or-death-20090208-8112.html?page=2
http://www.theage.com.au/national/h...to-run-for-his-life-20090208-810w.html?page=2

 

[wicca4life7]

its so sad my mum lives in Lancefield and if the wind changes we will be in trouble.

its a nightmare to think like my mum and i were in the middle of the boxing day fires a few years ago and they came to our back fence.

my heart goes out to the people already effected..

 

[nurse_boy]

I have just made it home from work in the alpine area in Vic, and the smoke is thick. The death toll is up to 108. I knew two of the people that have been claimed by these fires. It is just dumbfounding. This is just a nightmare. The fires have been coming close to me at Myrtleford all night and the smoke makes visibility low and your throat and eyes heart. Thankfully the smoke is not as thick in Bright at the moment, but it seems to be getting thicker by the moment as the winds are pushing them through. The fire travelled approximately 30kms over night.
Thank fully the cool change has come through, its not much relief, but every little bit helps!!!

 

[Sturdy]

just seen the news this morning and VIC police are setting up a unit to investorgate the causes of the fire's

also small spot fires have started near lil snowy creek.

 

[m.punja]

I'm not sure if it has been mentioned on any of these theads yet but just to grasp the severity a little more. The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne has been run dry of Morphine. People with burns to less then %30 of their body are being made to go to different hospitals across the state and one of our big events, The Southern 80's ski race was canceled after all the paramedics were taken to be of help elsewhere. No doubt other emergency services that were on stand by at the event were also needed elsewhere.

 

[megrim]

Have they found the cause of these fires? arson?

I can confirm the ongoing Beechworth fire was started by natural(ish) means. The poor woman who's property the power lines fell on had to watch while it burned down her hourse and spread off into the hills.

For those who have friends or family up here -

All towns south of the Great Alpine Road are safe for the moment.
Property losses confirmed in Mudgegonga, Stanley, Beechworth, Happy Valley, Hurdle Flats.
The main fire front has reached the Eskdale spur and embers and spot fires are currently affecting Eskdale and the Omeo highway.
Yackandandah is also still on high alert as the back of the fire front moves north-west.

 

[m.punja]

the fire in marysvile/kinglake i understand was started at a lumber yard of some sort, some sort of factory. I also understand a CFA volunteer was caught in the wallan area lighting fires and also know someone was caught lighting fires, released and then caught a second time lighting fires, not sure if both these arsonists are the same people or not.