Had a little excitement in my neighborhood this afternoon in the form of a small wildfire in that wooded area in front of my house.
I was working from home today, and after lunch I heard what I thought was a trash truck outside followed by some yelling and the sound of my neighbor’s gate being opened. And while this wasn’t really unusual, with the added yelling I decided to go open my garage door (which faces the street) and see what was up.
Sitting behind my house was a fire truck, which is pretty unusual, so I walked out to look up the street…
Okay, so something was definitely going on…
It turns out the wooded area that runs in front of my place had somehow caught fire, and the yelling was the fire department going door to door evacuating people. My neighbors were apparently evacuated but I was just far enough away to avoid the warning.
All in all there were eight fire trucks and a slew of other emergency vehicles that responded, and it only took them an hour or so to get it put out. The news says there were about three acres burned, which includes the wooden foot bridge they just rebuilt last year.
The local fire department is very on the ball, and it was neat to see them in action… Pity about the woods though – I guess it’ll grow back.
Listening to "Kitsune" by Gunship