It’s a hot day with a blustery southerly blowing and the
last thing you want to smell is smoke. Around 3:30pm we get our first whiff of
smoke. Shortly after we hear sirens from the approaching fire trucks and sure
enough out of our Eastern window we see plumes of thick black smoke rising into
the sky.
A short while later a scene reminiscent of the early morning
raid in Apocalypse Now is re-enacted,
with helicopters flying in from all directions heading for the fire.
The last helicopter to arrive is the Sky Crane, by far the
most effective water bomber out of all the helicopters at the fire.
