Date | Fire | Location | Longitude (d.dd°) | Latitude (d.dd°) | Elevation (m) | Type | Code |
7th Feb 2009 | East Kilmore Fire | Kilmore Gap, Vic | 145.02 | -37.28 | 400 | L | 090207A |
This fire started west of the Hume Highway and near the town of Kilmore. With a wind direction of 330° grid the fire started travelling to the east. However, the mapping shows clearly that the fire also moved to the west southwest in the lee of a hill. While this event does not have a strong right-angle bend in its perimeter, the alignment of the fire with the terrain shows that channelling was involved almost immediately after ignition. |
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Fire Channelling edges overlaid on DEM showing precise terrain alignment. | |
Channelling fire edges overlaid on ASTER image taken shortly after the fire. Note that the fire direction scars in the pine forest to the east show that fire travelled through it to the southeast. This strongly suggests that non-channelled fire runs occured after the linescans were flown. |