This fire started on Monday afternoon. Our volunteer firefighters, who were first on scene, battled this fire for hours while reinforcements arrived by the droves to help. Thankfully we are 20 miles west of this fire, which seems to keep traveling east. It was most likely human caused, though it is still under investigation. We were hoping for some rain yesterday to help extinguish the fire, but instead we had a fairly dry day with lots of winds. The good news is, that besides getting rid of a lot of dead wood and beetle kill pine, the fire has not injured any people or burned any structures....however, it still seems to be going strong and is only 5% contained at this time.
I took this shot of the fire from the Manhattan road this morning while taking Jordyn to school. Fingers crossed that everyone remains safe and no homes are destroyed! Meanwhile, we had a nice visit with some friends last night, Kathryn and her daughter Megan. They said it was chaos driving up here yesterday with all the cars pulled over trying to get photos, and that the smoke was visible from town....but they safely made it up here and brought pizza to boot! :) Happy Birthday Megan...hope you guys enjoyed the mountain excitement while you were up here, and have a safe drive home! Thanks to all our firefighters for keeping us safe...we appreciate all of your long hours and hard work!
2 comments:
Glad it's not coming towards you!!! That map was great, let's me see a little better the area in which you live.
Luckily we don't have to worry about fires round here in Leicestershire - certainly not given the amount of rain we've had recently!
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