New videos of the "mega-blaze" at Gospers Mountain and first-hand accounts from operational commanders have shed new light on Australia's biggest ever bushfire.
Firefighting chiefs, some speaking for the first time, describe the blaze as "a continuous beast" that could not be controlled. "There's not really any words that summarise the intensity of that fire," said NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer Stacey Kent, who spent much of the summer battling the blaze.You can watch the visual investigation here:
Ruth9743 It is not called a pyrostorm for nothing. This fire generated it own weather system.
A good documentary, people don't realise how these events start. How lucky we are to have such brave fire fighters who put their lives on the line for us.
While we have rain now and I’m grateful my concern is how much growth has come about due to good falls in our area after the fires. Another hot, dry summer would see us back in it.
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More fakenews from TheirABC Australia's largest ever bushfire was the 1969-70 Dry River fire in N.T. which burned 45 million hectares.