Thursday, August 14, 2003
There was a major fire on the Green this afternoon at around 2pm, it started at the north end of the Green adjacent to the railway line. As luck would have it a breeze was blowing from the north and the fire spread quickly south along the length of the Green but eastward spread was held by a wide firebreak/footpath. To the west of the railway line is Hazel Road which is lined with various waterside businesses and only last night one of these went up in flames. (By the way, I will post a map of the green shortly!)
The damaged area concisted of tall dry grass, large patches of bramble and quantities of small trees. The fire brigade did a good job of containing the fire but obviously decided to allow the blaze to burn itself out. As far I could tell no humans were hurt but I suspect that vast numbers of insects are no more. I'm sure that the green will recover (except for the trees) by next year.
I hope to have pictures of the fire posted by Saturday.
The damaged area concisted of tall dry grass, large patches of bramble and quantities of small trees. The fire brigade did a good job of containing the fire but obviously decided to allow the blaze to burn itself out. As far I could tell no humans were hurt but I suspect that vast numbers of insects are no more. I'm sure that the green will recover (except for the trees) by next year.
I hope to have pictures of the fire posted by Saturday.
