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Photo: George Hooker said he continued driving along the Horrocks Highway as there were no road blocks. (Supplied: George Hooker)A man who saw a property burn down and had flames “lapping” at his auto has described the fire near Tarlee in South Australia yesterday as frightening.
Clare resident George Hooker, who recorded the fire’s activity in the Mid North on Wednesday, stated the fire was intense.
He said when he reached Hamley Bridge police officers had closed access.
“I just continued to travel towards Adelaide along the Horrocks Highway because there were no road blocks,” he mentioned.
“And ahead of I knew it … there was fire up the side of the road … lapping up my automobile, gale force winds.
“There had been cinders blowing up all more than my car. I couldn’t see in front of me from the thick smoke.
“It was pretty scary since just passing via these flames, I truly swore at myself and believed, what am I undertaking right here? I should not be right here … how did I get in this situation?
“And then … I was very frightened.”
He stated he chose to hold going and came across a home burning down.
“I pulled more than … and waited until the home burnt down fundamentally and then the police came.
“As I got past, there was two cars that had had a head-on [collision].”
He said he was later pulled over by SES and CFS volunteers who had a dog with them.
“They asked me to take the dog to the Roseworthy police station.”
“The dog was one of the ones rescued from the home that just burnt down.
“I pulled into a service station [down the road] and it just so happened the owners were there.
“The lady was very distraught … and her husband was a large burly guy but he gave me a big hug.
“So I just left the dog with them and kept travelling to Adelaide.”
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Photo: Flames engulf a property north of Adelaide during a bushfire emergency on November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Fire on a property on the way out of Wasleys in South Australia. (ABC News: Angelique Donnellan) -
Photo: A shed goes up in flames for the duration of a bushfire, north of Adelaide on November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Ruins of a home which went up in flames in the course of a bushfire emergency north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (891 ABC Adelaide) -
Photo: A goat stands in a yard soon after the bushfire passed by means of, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: A auto is burnt out after a bushfire passed by means of the area north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News) -
Photo: A home burns at Wasleys as fierce winds fan a massive bushfire, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Residents watch from a distance as their property burns at Wasleys in a large bushfire, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Wasleys home goes up in flames, as a bushfire sweeps across the area just north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Flames engulf a Wasleys residence, as a bushfire sweeps across the region just north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Fire burns a home at Wasleys in SA, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: The bushfire burning in the area close to Mallala, north of Adelaide. (Supplied: Walco Seed Cleaning) -
Photo: Burning trees close to a fence in the course of a huge bushfire, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: A view from Mallala as a bushfire burns near the town. (891 ABC Adelaide) -
Photo: A CFS fire unit drives close to thick smoke of a blaze in the Mallala area, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Angelique Donnellan) -
Photo: A fire burns near Mallala in SA’s Mid-North. (ABC News: Carl Saville) -
Photo: Hay bales burning on blackened fields close to the Mallala Motorsport Park. (ABC News: Angelique Donnellan) -
Photo: Thick smoke is visible from a bushfire as ABC cameraman Greg Ashman films close to Mallala, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: The front of a large bushfire nears a residence at Mallala, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (ABC News) -
Photo: Firefighters douse a property in the bushfire path, as ABC cameraman Greg Ashman films the scene, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: A CFS tanker takes water to the bushfire scene in the Mallala location, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Angelique Donnellan) -
Photo: A view from Gawler of the fire burning north of Adelaide towards the Barossa Valley. (ABC: Sharon Buttle) -
Photo: Flames engulf trees and scrub near a property at Mallala in South Australia. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: Hay bales catch alight in the course of the catastrophic Mallala fire in South Australia. (ABC News: Tony Hill) -
Photo: A huge fire burns in crops in the Mallala region, north of Adelaide, November 25 2015. (Supplied: Walco Seed Cleaning) -
Photo: Smoke fills the sky in the Mallala location, north of Adelaide, from a bushfire, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Angelique Donnellan) -
Photo: A tree trunk burns, in the location of the Mallala bushfire, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Angelique Donnellan) -
Photo: Andrew Newton, of the Wasleys CFS unit, was a single of many firefighters who tackled the bushfire, November 25 2015. (ABC News: Tony Hill)
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Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, clare-5453, hamley-bridge-5401, sa, tarlee-5411