Friday afternoon, I went outside to sit on the bench and read while the babies scampered around me. I heard sirens and saw fire vehicles turn into Springlake. It was then I noticed the billowing smoke rising into the air south-east of our house.
(view from driveway)At first I thought it was a house on fire, then I figured it was more as a helicopter arrived and water tanker trucks started coming too. About twenty or more emergency vehicles later, I figured it must be something big. I watched for the next couple hours, hoping no one was hurt, as the fire raced up the mountainside.
Paul came home and took the kids to watch the helicopters dip into Springlake to take water buckets to dump on the flames. An air tanker dropped several loads of fire-retardant on the northern burning slopes. We watched for a while until the sherrif came and told all spectators to leave the area around the lake. 
We left the kids to go to Home Depot. As we left, the fire seemed to take off from the evening breeze. It dropped low into the foothills by houses and we worried about the people that lived there.
It was dark when we came home from HD and the flames were frightningly spectacular. It was very beautiful in a monstrous way. The firefighters are still fighting this fire today with it 50% contained. I believe it is up the canyon right now. I am grateful no one was hurt and no homes were lost. It is scary that it happened so close to our home.
2 comments:
I heard about this from my friend in Payson. Any idea what started it? That really is scary, but the pictures are pretty cool.
Our ward had scouts at Maple Dell that had to be evacuated. I was going to call you about this but forgot...
The pictures are pretty spectacular!
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