kangaroo Island is burning

[Kenn]

Day 7 and still our beloved Island burns ..the smoke from K.I can be seen on the mainland Adelaide city is covered by a smokey haze.70,000 hectares and no sign of stopping.Evacuations have now started And weather conditions are set to make things worse.If this fire doesnt stop soon there will be no Kangaroos left on K>I, what would we call it then..black Island .Heres a satellite photo of the fire on Kangaroo Island.

[Kenn]

Just got hold of the latest shot from K.I check this out ..man ..those fire fighters are brave men.

[sarah louise]

The pictures are chilling Kenn

Bloody well hope the weather doesn't result in lightning strikes around here too soon...

I just got an email from the country fire authority (vic) calling up inactive members for refresher training before xmas. We have 34 cfa crews over in SA atm and the service is really stretched to cover rural vic.

I've put my name in for office duties, I'm not fit to work on a rake hoe or a hose anymore.

i can't imagine K.I. without these guys...

[Kenn]

day 10 and the efforts of our volunteer fire fighters and some rain the fires on K.I are under conrol at last. well done to them and Ki is safe .....phew!!

[TheDefiler]

Wonder what it would have been like had it continued to burn.

[sarah louise]

That's really good news Kenn, I was wondering whether you got any rain (we've only had enough to pump up the humidity).

Wonder what it would have been like had it continued to burn.

Pretty obvious really, without rain a bush fire burns until it runs out of fuel. Simple.

[TheDefiler]

I think it would be pretty sweet to see an island go up in flames. Not an island that is inhabited or a major tourist attraction or anything like that but an uninhabited island. It would be quite a sight to see.