Crown Casino Fireballs
03/07/2001
Melbourne Southbank
What are they?
Fireballs are released from the top of the towers with vertical water walls on the east and west side of the towers. The brigades operate on different times depending on the season.
There are eight towers, 10 metres high, 50 metres apart with water pouring down grooved granite faces.
The small fireballs are 3 metres in diameter, the large ones 7 metres in diameter.
The fireballs, the largest ever created in the world, are programmed by computer with a built-in security over-ride system. Wind sensors and an on-site technician monitor weather and safety conditions.
