Smoke from the breakaways of the Bendora Fire burning up the western slopes of the Tidbinbilla Range, and the (distant) McIntyres Hut fire burning towards the ACT border at 1952 hr, 17 January 2003 [picture] /

Title from caption list supplied by the photographer, see file NLA04/564.; Part of the collection: A blood red noon, photography of the Brindabella & southern ACT fires of January 2003.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3511498; Purchased 2005. "Entrance gate, Birrigai Centre at 1952 hrs, 17:01:2003. As Extreme fire weather developed throughout the afternoon of 17th January 2003, the Bendora fire broke containment lines in the Warks Camp area (3km east of Bulls Head) and burnt strongly towards the Cotter River while a free burning flank in Brindabella Creek intensified on an upslope run towards the Mount Franklin Road near Picadilly Circus and commenced spotting to the east. These major runs placed spot fires near the Cotter River and on the western slopes of the Tidbinbilla Range. The aerial ignition of remote fuels in the McIntyres Hut fire produced very intense burning on steep terrain that resulted in spotfires igniting outside the eastern control lines in the Dingo Dell area that burnt strongly overnight towards the ACT border and Uriarra Forest"--Note from the photographer