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Raging Inferno

By 9 p.m. tonight (Sep 12, 2008) the fire had spread the entire length of the mountain on the east side of town.

The noise of the fire was getting louder and the winds were increasing.


This is what the fire looked like from the street in front of our house, just five blocks from the fire.





Notice the church, 2 blocks from our house.





This pic was taken in the church yard. The fire is raging on the mountain behind the church.





By now it had spread to the north end of the mountain as was threatening homes.





The yop of the mountain was c0mpletely engulfed in flames.





Unlike the fire of Jul 2006 which was basicaly grass and underbrush, this fire was so big the trees were fully engulfed. You could hear the pine trees exploding as the sound intensified.





The fire became so intense the street lights went off for a few minutes. Here I am three blocks from the fire.





The wind was blowing from north to south and was building minute by minute.





The next few pics were all taken within about ten minutes. This is the north end of the mountain.





Notice that bright area in the middle bottom of the pic. That started when a pine tree up the mountain exploded and sent a ball of fire down the mountain.





In less than a minute it started to spread.





Two minutes later it is racing back up the mountain





I have never seen a fire spread so fast. The wind spread it and it also created its own wind.





About 5 minutes from the start the little area has become immense.





The sound was deafening to the people living in homes near there.





It just got bigger and bigger!





As I walkedaway from the fire it seemed to grow.





Now a block further away I look back and see the fire cobers the mountain side completely. In less than 10 minutes.





This is the view across the highway and through the park at 10:00 p.m.



It looks like the whole mountain side will be burned by morning.



Photos by Urso Branco

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