Miena woman who lived through ’67 fires compares to horror of ’19 - fireproof

A Mina woman who stayed to help with this season's fire fighting also experienced 1967 Black Tuesday fires as a child.Last week, February 7, is the anniversary of the "60" fire, but people's memory is still freshxa0Tony Glowacki."I was still young," she said .""I remember my dad. we have a purple one.and-White Hillman Hunter, he has to come from Hobart.
When he came back, no one recognized the car because there was no paint."This time it may be just as bad in the '67 bushfire, but because there are helicopters now, communications, we have not lostxa0Many housesor people.This year, asxa0There are 700 people working in the fire every day, including about 200 emergency service personnel from interstate and New Zealand.
In the Skyxa038 aircraft have been deployed for water bombs on the fire.Some are on loan from new state.xa0Infrared technology helps them identify hot spots that are not visible to the naked eye.Buildings were washed away by fire in the Central Highlands.
To prevent them from catching fire, in the South,xa0Wrap the historic cabin with fire-proof materials.Bulldozers were used to cut off the fire, andxa0Across the state, a new form of sprinkler system is used to shower land adjacent to property and valuable world heritage treasures.Since the start of the fire in December 28, all these costs have exceeded $10 million.
But in 1967, they did not have these.
64 people were killed, andxa0Building 1400."We had only telephone lines at the time, and we were all on the ground --xa0Until they move them underground, "said Glowacki MS."So if they go out, we can't get in touch.
No one knows what happened.
Despite the loss of more than 200,000 hectares this year, the fire did not take any lives.In the Central Highlands, only one shed was razed to the ground.Like hard-working volunteers, Glowacki MStech, high-A plane that powered the town of Miena to save her.
This is not to say that fires are easy this year."At a stage there, it is doubling every day," she said ."."I saw a fireman who was so scarred that he couldn't even speak.
The man has been in the fire brigade for 12 years."But I didn't meet a grumpy fireman or someone from SES