The great Palm Bay fire

In May there was some major fires in Palm Bay. It burned through large areas and many houses were either damaged or lost in the fires. I went out and took some pictures during the fires. You can see how bad it was.

Forest Service Helicopter filling up with water

Full of water heading back to the fire

Heading back to the fire with a full bucket

A view of the smoke as the Heli heads into the inferno

A look from Marilyn's back yard as it heads this way

Here the fire had jumped the road and was behind Marilyn's house

This is a view on DeGroodt looking south to the Bayside Lakes/Bombadier intersection in front of Bayside High School

Another view looking south on DeGroodt

Another wider angle view looking south on DeGroodt

At the Bayside Lakes/Bombadier/DeGroodt intersection looking south with Bayside High Shool to the left

Palm Bay Police and Fire Rescue on the job

Here they are coming out of Bayside High School which was a staging area for fire engines and police

The fire burning up to the intersection of DeGroodt, Bayside Lakes/Bombadier

The fire burning the area in back of Marilyn's house

The fire burning along the fence at the rear of Marilyn's house.

The Helicopter almost crashed here. You can see the bucket hit the ground but the pilot managed to save it.

The fire burned a large area of Palm Bay. It burned up to the edge of the house of Marilyn's daughter's Dana. She had evacuated the area as the Fire Dept. had asked many areas be evacuated.