We woke this morning to news that the fire had taken 3,000 hectares, but as the day went on the drizzle continued, the planes and helicopters continued dropping water, and there were no more headlines about rising winds, further devastation or evacuations.
This afternoon our friends who'd fled their home on Tuesday night returned to find their house miraculously untouched by the flames which had scorched leaves on the trees right outside the front door. Their cats emerged from the devastated forest unpeturbed.
Then this evening came an announcement that the fire is pretty much under control.
This is great news, but look at the devastation...
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| Cherry trees survived while the hillside burned just a few feet behind |
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| Scorched leaves but the olive tree is ok |
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| Charred pines |
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| Swathes of green are now black (helicopter in the distance) |
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| Wooden furniture survived although vegetation burned underneath |
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| The fire came within inches of our friends' house |
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| A helicopter flies over blackened hillsides dropping water where the fire is still active |
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