Massive fire on Straddie

[Bi_polar]

Can see an absolutely massive fire on Straddie, does anyone know whats going on over there?

[Bi_polar]

this link is a live webcam that shows it.

/>http://webcams.bsch.au.com/point_halloran_e.html

[Bi_polar]

Looks like a huge controlled burn

[Gad]

Looks like a huge controlled burn

maybe a camp oven cooking demo

[sehrguht]

I could see it easily from the mouth of the river, looked serious.

[mick2me]

Smoke from North Stradbroke Island

21/07/2011

The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS) would like to advise that the large volume of smoke seen at North Stradbroke Island today is the result of a controlled hazard reduction burn, led by the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) on DERM land. Multiple fire crews are currently on scene monitoring the burn.

Contact: For further media enquiries contact Department of Environment and Resource Management Media Services 3224 7792

/>http://www.emergency.qld.gov.au/news/view.asp?id=5644

[billythakid]

they will be doing peel island in the next few weeks aswell

[roverfj1200]

I can't have a little fire to heat the billy. But THEY can burn a whole Island..

Go figure....

[Keen-as-fisho]

Must've been a corroboree

[bootyinblue]

Few carbon tax credits required for that I imagine....