1/64Hot work ... Members of the NSW Rural Fire Service Strike team do a control burn under Union Bridge at Cudlee Creek. Picture: Dylan Coker
Our pictures: Adelaide Hills bushfire
PICTURES from our photographers on the Adelaide Hills fireground and among the communities facing the danger.
2/64A water bomber drops on a flare-up at Cudlee Creek . Picture: Dylan Coker
3/64A shed, car and rainwater tank were destroyed when the fire hit Craig Oswald’s Bagshaw Rd property at Kersbrook.
4/64NSW Rural Fire Service Strike team volunteer Megan Fishbourne, 26, takes a break under the shade of Union Bridge in Cudlee Creek. Picture: Dylan Coker
5/64A CFS worker puts out a spot fire on Millbrook Rd, Millbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
6/64A sign of gratitude. An uplifting message on Kersbrook Rd for some of the heroes of the Sampson Flat fire. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
7/64Cudlee Creek CFS Vollunteer John Potter, 67, takes a quick break as he helps with the Sampson Creek bushfire battle. Picture: Dylan Coker
8/64Joe Morris comforts ... or is comforted by ... a kangaroo after the Sampson Flat bushfire destroyed Kangaribilli Sanctuary in Humbug Scrub. Picture: Mark Brake
9/64A CFS volunteer walks through burnt ground on Kersbrook Rd. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
10/64NSW Rural Fire Service Strike team Deputy Captain Chris Wright gets help from CFS vollunteer firefighters washing ash from his eyes. Picture Dylan Coker
11/64Led to safety ... Rachele Taylor from Templewood Horse Riding Centre at Millbrook walks Taunton and Tinkerbell out of the fire ground. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
12/64Dogs from the Tea Tree Gully Boarding Kennel and Cattery are comforted by CFS vollunteers after being helped into a waiting horse float for evacuation. Picture: Dylan Coker
13/64Firefighters make use of nearby water to battle the Sampson Flat bushfire. Picture: Roger Wyman
14/64CFS members carry an injured mate to a waiting ambulance at Kersbrook CFS station.. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
15/64A property at Kersbrook saved from the fire. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
16/64A MFS fire crew fights a fire on Wattle Rd, Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
17/64Tea Tree Gully CFS volunteer Olivia Kricskovics, 20, gives dogs rescued from the Tea Tree Gully boarding Kennel and Cattery a drink at the Paracombe CFS station. Picture: Dylan Coker
18/64A shed burns on Kersbrook Rd, Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
19/64A burnt pine plantation just outside Gumeracha. Picture: Tom Huntley
20/644.1.2014. Pictures of the Sampson Flat bushfire in the Adelaide Hills from South Coast Helicopters. Photo Sam Wundke.
21/64Pine trees burnt out by the Sampson Flat bushfire. Picture taken from a South Coast Helicopters vehicle. Picture: Sam Wundke.
22/64Barry Hutt looks to the heavens as it starts to rain at Humbug Scrub. Picture: Mark Brake
23/64Allan Hurst watches the fire’s progress at Kersbrook.. Picture: Mark Brake
24/64Kath Redding, Kirsty Rehn and Christine Cameron, all of Kersbrook, shelter on the Kersbrook oval with their horses. Picture: Campbell Brodie
25/64Helicopter view of the Sampson Flat fire near Kersbrook (from South Coast Helicopters chopper). Picture Dylan Coker
26/64Police road block at Inglewood. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
27/64An MFS fire crew fights the flames at Wattle Rd, Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
28/64Devils Gully Rd at Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie
29/64Wattle Rd at Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
30/64Above the Sampson Flat fire near Kersbrook (from South Coast Helicopters chopper). Picture: Dylan Coker
31/64Above the Sampson Flat fire near Kersbrook (from South Coast Helicopters chopper). Picture: Dylan Coker
32/64CFS firefighter looks over a burnt out car and building on Devils Gully Rd, Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
33/64A shot taken from a South Coast Helicopters chopper shows a remarkable scene of survival for a home which had been surrounded by flames. Picture: Sam Wundke.
34/64Smoke from Fire at Humbug scrub seen from Adelaide. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
35/64A firefighter rushes to Kersbrook Primary School. Picture: Mark Brake
36/64Fire surrounds a house on Shillabeer Rd , Sampson Flat . Picture: Tait Schmaal.
37/64Shillabeer Rd, Sampson Flat. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
38/64Gregg Morris from Kangaribilli Sanctuary at Humbug Scrub faces up to the destruction wrought by the bushfire. Picture: Mark Brake
39/64Christmas tree famer David Hanna fights a fire on his property on Hill Rd near Kersbrook. Picture:Mark Brake
40/64A row of pine trees burnt on Airstrip Rd, Sampson Flat. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
41/64Cows huddle on unburnt ground along Hill Rd near Kersbrook. Picture: Mark Brake
42/64The NSW Rural Fire Service Strike team lends a hand to the CFS by putting out hot spots near Cudlee Creek. Picture: Dylan Coker
43/64A property destroyed on Hill Rd near Kersbrook.. Picture: Mark Brake
44/64Fire damaged trees on OneTree Hill - Kersbrook road in Humbug Scrub. Photo: Tom Huntley
45/64Aftermath of the fire at Humbug Scrub. Picture: Mark Brake
46/64An image of the Sampson Flat bushfire, taken from a South Coast Helicopters vehicle. Picture: Sam Wundke.
47/64Above the Sampson Flat fire near Kersbrook ( from South Coast Helicopters chopper). Picture: Dylan Coker
48/64Weary but willing ... Kylie Kleinig from tje Port Lincoln strike team, working with the Roseworthy CFS truck, takes a break from the fires at Gumeracha. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
49/64A Kersbrook Rd shed is in shambles after the fire struck. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
50/64A father emu guides his chicks through the fireground near Kersbrook. Picture: Dylan Coker
51/64The Sampson Flat fire approaches Birdwood (from South Coast Helicopters chopper). Picture: Dylan Coker
52/64A dead kangaroo, caught by the fire on Airstrip Rd, Sampson Flat. Picture: Tait Schmaal
53/64A firefighter douses spot fires on Sambell Rd, Humbug Scrub, on Sunday. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
54/64A CFS firefighter examines a burnt building on Devils Gully Rd, Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
55/64.A burnt out truck on Devils Gully Rd, Kersbrook. Picture: Campbell Brodie.
56/64Smoke blankets Checker Hill Rd. Picture: Dylan Coker
57/64A car burnt out on Airstrip Rd, Sampson Flat. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
58/64A large area of land blackened by the Sampson Flat bushfire. Picture taken from a South Coast Helicopters chopper. Picture: Sam Wundke
59/64The northern area of then Sampson Flat fireground. Taken from the air courtesy of South Coast Helicopters. Picture: Sam Wundke.
60/64Devastation near Sampson Flat, where the fire started. Picture: Roger Wyman
61/64Joe Morris has been left heartbroken at the loss of her kangaroos at Kangaribilli Sanctuary. Picture: Mark Brake
62/64Kersbrook Fire - Homes Lost
63/64Adelaide Hills fire. NSW Rural Fire Service Strike team does a control burn under Union Bridge at Cudlee Creek. Picture Dylan Coker
64/64Kersbrook Fire - Homes Lost
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