Bushfire tankers from ACT Jerrabomberra and Parks brigades cool down a flare-up along Chalet Road, on Bendora Hill, 11th 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-vn3524061; Purchased 2005. "Chalet Road, Bendora Hill at 1245 hrs, 11:01:2003. The westerly spread of the Bendora fire was to be contained below Chalet Road on Bendora Hill, where crews from Jerrabomberra and Parks brigades were assigned to prevent the free lateral spread of the southern flank from crossing onto the upper slopes. Just after midday on 11th January 2003, a sudden flare-up in flashy fuels threw firebrands upslope and started a string of spotfires that eventually ran to the summit area later in the day"--Note from the photographer