Yesterday, I mentioned a few of the things that had happened last week, one of which was a bush fire. I say ‘bush’ because I’m not sure if a forest was involved. I think not. But there was a small fire on the other side of the island, apparently, just above Moroni Bay. As with much news on the island, word travels fast. Harry told me at 16.30, which was, I am told, not long after the thing started. I’d been wondering what the seaplanes were doing out in the bay…
They’d come from elsewhere to assist, as had a helicopter, and according to the Rhodes newspaper, the thing was out and dealt with by 17.15, so lasted an hour or less. The planes stayed around to keep the area damp and under surveillance, I guess, before finally departing a few hours later. I think there was a concern it could spread inland towards Nimborio – which is a fair way away, I’d have thought that the safety of Roukouniotis and surrounding area would have been more of a concern, but then, a fire anywhere in such dry conditions is a concern.
Happy to say, no-one was hurt and nothing was lost, the services were here within minutes, and everything came to a happy pass, as they say in fairytales, so there’s no need to worry, no need to panic and put up ‘Stay safe’ messages on social media as if we’re all going to go running headfirst into danger, no need for thoughts and prayers, or to mark myself safe from… All done and dusted, or wetted more like, and it was a while ago now. I didn’t want to cram all my exciting news into one post yesterday, so I’ll witter on about something else tomorrow.
