Fire was burning in the forest that surrounds my village yesterday afternoon and again today.This evening these two tired and brave firefighters were trying to stop one spot of smoldering.
They had to pull themselves up the steep slope with a pickax.
In the end they dumped all their remaining water onto the hot spot.
You can see some fire trucks on the old Roman road, up high.There is no way they can get closer to the fire way below.
The little flame retardant-dropping planes can't get very low here either.
All my favorite hiking trails from the spring up into the wadi are now black, brown, and white with ash.
But thank God, our village was saved and no one was injured.
The fire was stopped at the outermost street of the moshav.
Let us pray there is no flare-up during the night.
My evacuation backpack is ready, just in case.
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What an adventure. Over here, things so far are rather peaceful this summer. Glad, that everyone was, and hopefully will remain, safe.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been rather frightening, Dina. Thank God, and the firemen, it was halted at the limit of the moshav! The stamina of fireman amazes me...fires often seem to occur on the hottest, driest of days and they have all that equipment and protective clothing...I can only imagine how difficult it must be to work in those conditions. I'm glad all is well and pray there will be no flare ups.
ReplyDeleteMay God protect your village- and YOU, Dina!
ReplyDeleteAloha
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There are few natural disasters more common or more scary in Australia than bushfires. I hope that after the last bushfire disaster in Israel, you have the prevention/response/recovery plans in place, ready to go. Be safe.
ReplyDeleteSad. Hope everything is okay now and that no new fires will start.
ReplyDeleteHope all is under control now.
ReplyDeleteScary! Too bad to lose the surrounding trees but thankfully the village is ok.
ReplyDeleteOh Dina, what an ordeal! Thanks to God that he saved your moshav. Was it near the strawbale lodge? How scary and terrible. I hope that you will be spared further fires.
ReplyDeleteThat kind of fire is frightening indeed - glad you escaped!
ReplyDeletePS No benches to be had :-)
Our West has again been racked by destructive blazes this HOT summer.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been so frightening. I'm glad you are all safe and hope that soon the forest will grow again.
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I hope you will never need to use your evacuation backpack
ReplyDeleteI hope everything is okay now and I hope you get some rainy days.
ReplyDeleteImpressive job of the firefighters!
I am so glad that your village was saved from the fire. My hubby and I live in a forested, brushy fire-prone area in the foothills of eastern California (in northern California), so firefighters are our heroes.
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