Horrific footage shows fire dripping down a clifftop in the Blue Mountains into a valley

The lava waterfall: Horrific footage shows fire climbing up a 200m cliff in the Blue Mountains after ripping through a valley – as dozens of homes are destroyed and 50 people are left injured

  • Horrific footage shows a fire burning down the side of a mountain in Blackheath 
  • The film shows the blaze dripping fire down the side of the mountain 
  • The blaze is part of a string of wildfires ravaging inland New South Wales 

A devastating ‘megafire’ tearing through the Blue Mountains has been filmed climbing up 200metre cliffs in the Grose Valley.

Blackheath local Kobe Byrant, 24, shared the terrifying footage to Facebook on Sunday through his account ‘Blue Mountains Explore’.

The clip, taken just before a southerly wind hit at 5pm on Saturday, creates the illusion of a ‘lava waterfall’ as vegetation on the cliff catches alight.   

Horrific footage (pictured) from the Blue Mountains shows a wall of fire down a mountain face as wild fires continue to ravage inland New South Wales

The 450,000-hectare Gospers Mountain 'megafire' (pictured), north of the Grose River fire, is thought to have destroyed at least 20 homes

The 450,000-hectare Gospers Mountain ‘megafire’ (pictured), north of the Grose River fire, is thought to have destroyed at least 20 homes

The blaze is part of a 10,000 hectare fire burning out of control at the Grose River. 

Mr Bryant told 9 News the valley had been totally destroyed by the blaze.

‘The Grose Valley has just been decimated, Hat Hill was evacuated at 3:00am this morning, and Kanimbla Valley is now burning on two sides,’ he said.

‘It’s not looking like it’s going to abate…We’re just hoping the bush can regenerate, and businesses can recover.’

Mr Bryant said he saw ‘desperation, fear and anxiety’ on people’s faces in his community.

‘We’re used to sirens going off, but when it’s on your doorstep and it’s been going on for weeks you get tired. The mountains are like a ghost town at the moment.’   

Blackheath local Kobe Byrant, 24, filmed the 'lava waterfall' at the Blue Mountains. He said the fires had turned his community into a 'ghost town'

Blackheath local Kobe Byrant, 24, filmed the ‘lava waterfall’ at the Blue Mountains. He said the fires had turned his community into a ‘ghost town’  

The dramatic footage shocked hundreds of people on social media. 

‘This is horrifying!!’ one wrote. 

‘OMG have you ever seen anything like this,’ another added. 

‘It’s like a waterfall of fire,’ another added. 

The 450,000-hectare Gospers Mountain ‘megafire’, north of the Grose River fire, is thought to have destroyed at least 20 homes and is still at ’emergency level’. 

Firefighters are hoping cooler condition on Sunday and early next week will make containment of the blaze more manageable. 

Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons described Saturday as ‘awful’ for firefighters.

With forecasts predicting close to a week of advantageous conditions across NSW, Mr Fitzsimmons said his crews would ‘make hay’.

Tougher conditions would likely return later in the week or next weekend.

Two total fire bans will nevertheless be in place on Sunday in the Northern Slopes and North Western regions, under ‘very high’ fire danger.

‘Our big focus is on trying to consolidate and establish containment lines across as many fire grounds as we can. Mr Fitzsimmons told reporters.

‘We have significant fire spread south of the Bells Line of Road and through the valley system such as the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains.’ 

The blaze is part of a 10,000 hectare fire burning out of control at the Grose River

The blaze is part of a 10,000 hectare fire burning out of control at the Grose River

 

 

 

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