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Many ex-Rhodies will remember the massive Salisbury oil refinery inferno. Where were you? It was Monday 11th December at just after 9pm, when the tanks burst into flames, causing an inferno visible 25km away. Hundreds of people drove to the scene to find out what was going on. When they couldn’t get as close as they wanted to, the drove up the Salisbury Kopje to get a better view. Those that missed hearing about it on the night it happened, woke up the next morning to read all about it in The Herald…
Eyewitnesses related their experiences…
And so began days and days of newspaper coverage as firefighters tried to get the blaze under control…
It was no small task and neither was it safe…
There were some close calls as the wind played havoc…
Ian Smith visited…
South Africa sent help and with their ‘fire power’ the turning point came…
And the news became more hopeful…
There was a strategy that worked…
And finally, the news everyone wanted to read…after 5 and a half days….
Another memorable event from our Rhodesian days.
Ecclesiastes 3:8 “..a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”
It is part of our history. We survived it.
Next Tuesday, I’ve got lined up some miscellaneous Rhodesian stories from my scrapbook.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Gratitude pic…some good memories of Salisbury …remember these? (photo from Facebook). I walked past them many times…
