Our Mountain on Fire - Blogged by JME

The other day while I was unpacking our office, I kept hearing sirens from ambulances or fire trucks or something. It went on for a good hour and I couldn't help but wonder what was happening close to our house that required so much attention from emergency responders. I was sitting on the floor sorting papers and filing and getting rid of a lot of old stuff. When I finally stood up and looked out the window, I could see why I had heard sirens for the last hour. 

Our mountain was on fire.  You can see the fire fighters in the yellow in this picture above.  They had it pretty much in control by the time I noticed what was going on.  We have a friend that is a fire fighter.  He didn't respond to this but told us that someone saw some kid running down the trail away from the fire and so they suspect that this was human caused.   

I called N8 to let him know what was going on.  He was on his way home from work and could see the smoke 20 miles away. 

You can see a few of the flames in this picture.  Luckily, no one was hurt and they got the fire under control quickly.