2021

TA2120 : The Embankment's Afire

taken 3 years ago, near to Cherry Cobb Sands [other Features], East Riding of Yorkshire, Great Britain

The Embankment's Afire
The Embankment's Afire
As we walked along the remote River Humber embankment at Cherry Cob Sands, we passed about 500m of the river sloping side of it on fire or mostly having been on fire. The top of the embankment was normal and so was the marshland vegetation below it. There was nobody looking after it - only a farmer and his assistants harvesting a field about 500m away, so unlikely to have been them. I don't know what the purpose of burning this vegetation would be anyway - it didn't seem to be doing any harm to anyone! Fortunately, the fire seems to have been in a controlled manner, although worryingly though, the fire had apparently, in two separate places, been right next to discarded propane cylinders that had previously been washed up on the marshland some time ago! Anybody any ideas as to why there was a fire here... or had it just been a carelessly discarded cigarette that had caused it?

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Geographical Context: Paths Lakes, Wetland, Bog Flat landscapes Estuary, Marine Primary Subject: Fire
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TA2120, 15 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy Beecroft   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 29 August, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 30 August, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TA 2183 2064 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:40.0829N 0:9.4488W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TA 2177 2073
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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