One night, at about 12:30am, Kurt and I were woken up by a pounding on our door. I can't tell you how terrified I was for a moment. It was our next door neighbor. She wanted to let us know that the hill behind our homes was on fire! And indeed it was. There was lots of smoke, emergency vehicles, and flames. It was surreal. Didn't seem like it was actually happening. Luckily, they got the fire under control and we didn't have to evacuate. Only a few homes were required to do so.
A few days later Hattie and I took a walk up to see the damage- it as right along one of our usual routes. As we were walking up I thought I smelled someone smoking, but then realized it was just the burnt earth, still smoldering.
I'm glad it didn't reach the houses! It was a crazy night.
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