OK in North Central Victoria
so far. Just some light smoke from 70kilometers away.
I have, in a previous location, experienced having our car packed and family ready to leave as a fire front approached our home. A last-minute change in wind direction saved the day for us. Others were not as fortunate.
The heroes of such bushfires are the volunteer fire fighters(unpaid for up to weeks at a time) who take leave of their employment and risk their lives at the fire-front or supporting those who do. As well, there are those service organisations and individuals who unstintingly give their support those to those who are personally impacted upon by the disaster.
Two volunteer professional fire fighting mates died together in service, each leaving behind a wife and 19month old kids.
This is the real risk that the unpaid professional volunteer fire fighters face every day. Smoke, heat, burns, exhaustion, financial stress and death is their ever present companion.
Said our Prime Minister trying to excuse his secret 1 week holiday in Hawaii, taken whilst our country experiences its worst ever bushfire season.