A Fire Emergency

On the ride in to work this morning I heard on the radio about a fire that happened overnight in the vicinity of my workplace.

I was secretly hoping that it had either been our building or the one right next door so that I didn't have to go to work - I really didn't feel up to it.

The Police and FESA (Fire & Emergency Services Authority) had the street closed off, so traffic was diverted down our street which, is a one way street in the opposite direction. They didn't reopen the street until late in the afternoon.

As with most cases, the business that burned down was under insured.

Too Close For Comfort

We had a close call today with a bush fire coming way too close to home for my liking!

We had police blocking off the bottom of our street: it runs in a big "U" shape where part of it is parallel with Wanneroo Road, and over the other side of Wanneroo Road is Yellagonga National Park, which is where the fire was.

It actually jumped Wanneroo Road & came up to within a few metres of the houses at the bottom of our street, so it was within 100-200 metres of our house.

Thank god the wind was not blowing in the opposite direction otherwise it might have been a different story!