An all too familiar sight. I was right in the middle of the San Diego fires last October. You probably saw all the footage TV. The sky was so black I didn't see the sun or moon for almost two weeks. Irrie. It burned 150 homes in my girlfriends neighborhood, including her brother's, who lives right next door to her. It got within a mile of my house, but I didn't have to work for a week because the fire was everywhere and the roads were closed. Of the houses that got burned, there was NOTHING left except the concrete foundation. Too many fires, the fire department didn't even try to put them out.
Best wishes to your friend. Hope everything turns out ok.
Heres some pics of what I went through.
Right by my girlfriend's house.
I had a ton of pics of the fire lighting up the sky at night by my house, but I can't find them.
This hill by my house burned for around 3 days. That is a Wal Mart in bottom of the pic. The fire was burning right up against the building and there were still people shopping inside.
Smokey sky at night.
Ashes after one day.
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