Fire

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.