Forestfire CH-47D

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Forestfire CH-47D

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Just east of the city Enschede in the Netherlands was a forestfire.
Firefighters called in the airforce for assistance, the DHC send a CH-47D from Gilze-Rijen with a bambi bucket!

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The fire is still not under controle, I think the CH-47D will leave soon. Maybe she will be back tomorrow....

Grtz Rene
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Re: Forestfire CH-47D

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Nice pics Rene!

as I post this (21.23 local boeren'tied), it passed Enschede east again.... late weekend for these guys!
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Thanks for sharing!
Where are they taking the water from? Het Rutbeek?
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They take the water from the Rutbekerplas.
It's the sandpit along the Haaksbergerstraat.

I also took some picture this evening :

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Re: Forestfire CH-47D

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I read on the Internet, that the KLU will be arround with a Helicopter untill arround 20:00 local. and the firedepartments will pull back arround 22:00 because of bad light and dangerous area's and hard winds. I believe they start again towmorrow morning around 5:00 local. Don't know what time the KLU will be pressent again, but the chances are big they will be as the fires are still not under control.
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LV84 wrote:I read on the Internet, that the KLU will be arround with a Helicopter untill arround 20:00 local.
www.mindef.nl and my eyeball Mk.1 say otherwise .... :wink:
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Re: Forestfire CH-47D

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Chinook
vanavond 20:55 overhead richting Twenthe Airbase (refuel?)
21:25 heading back, probably Gilze

Grz
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