Friday afternoon a fire broke out in the foothills a couple of miles south of our house. At first we just saw smoke; later we could see flames after the fire jumped the ridge. By evening we could see quite a line of flames and smoke making it look like a big city light show. The TV kept reporting that fire fighters had it under control. Apparently they set a back burn because when I went outside around 7:00 am, there was a large black burned spot of a few acres. At the time I could see flames in a limited area. When I checked earlier at 5:00 am, the fire had been quite a bit larger. At 7:30 this morning I didn't see any flames but the the smell of smoke was quite strong. Morning TV reported that the fire consumed around 15 acres.
With all the fires we've had in this area lately everyone gets a little nervous. We still haven't had any significant moisture in almost two months. Hope that's the end of this one.

Saturday evening-Fire update:
The wind is from the northwest or away from our houses so they are setting backfires again. I watched them shoot flairs on to hillside.
We are getting a lot of lookers coming up our cul de sacs ranging from just lookers to news cameras. Both our streets have views of the fire at each end. When the fire truck pulled up front of Keri and Eric's, I thought that was a little ominous but then I thought if there was a fire approaching, where would a person rather see a fire truck than right in front of one's house. According to TV the fire fighters have everything under control.