Firefighter recounts ‘scary’ Hi Rock wildfire at Sandy Bay
A volunteer firefighter at Sandy Bay said a wildfire got very close to the northern community on Monday.
Daniel McDonald was among those who responded first after the flames burst into life in the late afternoon of May 21.
“It was a scary sight, the way the flames just went up straight away and spread,” McDonald told paNOW. “It was so close to town, and less than a kilometre from the health centre and some of the residential areas.”
A video he provided paNOW shows huge flames exploding in the forest immediately behind the buildings.