The fire being put out!

Today the kids 'needed' to have a lemonade stand out front. I should have known better. They lost interest within an hour and I was running the lemonade stand, lol. My friend, Denise, came over with her son, Justin. So we closed the lemonade stand early. (We made $5! Thanks to Denise, my neighbors, my mom, the Fedex guy, and the movers from Robbins House of Furniture!)

We were sipping lemonade in the front yard and saw some smoke in the distance. I asked Denise if she wanted to go check the fire with me. Maybe I would get some good shots of it. I wanted to see how close it was to my parents house. Well, it ended up being a huge fire. AND it was right behind our friends house!!!!

So Denise, the kids, and I stopped at Helen's to see if we could help pack up or whatever. She wasn't home, but her hubby was. Denise and I were kind of freaking out, it was RIGHT behind their house. Most of my photos were taken from their back deck! But her hubby was cool headed and we ended up hanging out for a few minutes until Helen came home. We helped her pack a few things. Luckily the local fire crews, CDF, US Forest Service, etc were able to get the fire under control. The fire did reach homes down the road from Helen. I hope no one was injured and no one lost their homes. When we left, we saw a house that was not burned, but everything around it was completely gone. Trucks, play equipment, etc.

Thanks to all who saved those homes on Richmond Road & the adjacent roads. Susanville FD, Janesville FD, inmate fire crews from the CCC camps, US Forest Service, (I am probably missing some agencies) and especially the CDF. The CDF planes and helicopters really knocked out the fire.