On Wednesday 5 November, two fire appliances passed through Nimbin heading south. Shortly after the Hazards near me app showed a fire on Mountain Top Rd.

I drove out to Stony Chute Road where the fire was clearly visible burning up on the hill. Fortunately the RFS had established a degree of control. Shortly after my arrival on scene an aerial firefighter from Rotorwing Helicopters, via Lismore, arrived, set up their bucket, and started lifting water from a local dam and water bombing the fire.

I watched the pilot drop 10 or more buckets, by that time both RFS and the water bomber working together had the fire well under control. I left at that stage but heard later the water bomber continued with some more passes and then the RFS remained to perform blacking out operations.

Photo Album of the action on Flickr: