Fire on Signal Hill
posted by Kerry-Anne
We were just entering the V&A Waterfront this afternoon when I noticed that there was rather a lot of smoke coming from the slopes of Signal Hill - too much to be from someone's backyard braai, I thought.Then I saw the line of flames creeping along the side of the hill... and then, with much excitement, I spotted the helicopter and bambi bucket. If you live in an area that suffers a lot of bush-fires, you'd be familiar with the bambi bucket - we see them overhead pretty often in summer. But not usually from quite this close, which is why we couldn't resist getting a few photos.
Click here to see more photos of this helicopter in action.
6 Comments:
Hi Kerryanne, I found your link in a blog about safety in Cape Town from last spring, and I would appreciate your opinion. I am coming to CT in a few weeks with my kids (10 and 13). I have arranged for the kids to hike with one guide on Table Mtn while I rock climb with another guide. We will be near the cable car on the city side. Do you think this is safe? Thank you so much! Oh, and I love your blog, great photos!
I saw the same thing here in Little Rock, but the helicopter flew over the big river and dropped the spray from the ball into the water. I wondered if they were training.
Sorry to see the fire, good capture.
Hope they got the fire under control. We have scary fire seasons in the mountians of California. We are in a small town and when we hear a helicopter it means one of two things. Either its a CDF helicopter working to put out a fire, or its a life flight helicopter from the city.
susan >> I'm sure the rock-climb is safe... or well as safe as rock-climbing can be. As far as your kids are concerned, it does depend on where they will be hiking. Send me an email, if you like, with a few more details and I'll see if I can can answer your question more completely.
Our email addresses are on the blog's homepage.
mo >> thanks!
You have got some great photos....love the helicopter.
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