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Originally Posted by fireftr18
WOW!! Are you the one filming?
I know a little something about fires. That was bad.
All kidding aside, you were way too close, I'm glad you got away okay. What's in the video is called here in the US, a firestorm. It's a forest fire that has gotten large enough to create it's own weather pattern. Look at the trees and you can see the wind blowing toward the fire. To say they move fast is a gross understatement.
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Yeah, I'm the one filming.
I've heard about firestorms. Pretty nasty stuff. Fortunately I don't think anyone was killed, but quite a few homes have been lost. I'm pretty sure this fire was one of several in NSW.
It's ironic, because the school was used as an airfield for water-bombing helicopters during another lot of fires last term, and firemen do some training at the school.