thanks for that info, Joe.

In our big fires in 1996? the smoke was so bad that it travelled to my place approx. 100km east on the coast & I wasn't the only person to call emergency services thinking the fires had broken out near us. I still have some burnt leaves I found in the ocean that weekend.

During the same fires, sparks did travel that distance & a roof in the next suburb caught, but it was easily put out.

scary stuff & I wouldn't want to be any closer to that type of fire.

sandra