Fire!

Monday night we went to bed as usual. About 10:30pm we were awakened by Sarah. There was a man at our door telling us there was a fire outside. He thought it was a barn, but it was a house. He was driving home with his girlfriend and she saw the flames from the road. The girlfriend thought it was a bonfire, but he knew that it wasn't a bonfire especially that late at night with the flames as high as they were. He tried calling 911, but his cell phone didn't work so they drove down our dirt road to find a land line telephone to use. Our house had lights on and the gate was opened so they drove up to our house to use the phone.

Steve drives off with the man and the gf to see what they can do. I call 911. After sending Jesse down to make sure we didn't need to evacuate I headed over there. Steve had left with no shirt or shoes on, but hopped the barbed wire fence so they could pound on the windows of the house in case anyone was still inside. The house was creaking and knowing that unsavory characters have lived there in the past; they decide to back up. They go wake up the neighbor whose house is right next door and let him know.

The fire truck arrived and Jesse showed him the way in with a flashlight. They were able to knock it down fairly quickly. I had someone go get the camera and took these although it was dark and they're hard to see.





Our neighbor told us the occupants had been evicted a week ago, but he saw someone there that afternoon on a quad. So now it looks like it's a crime scene because of the suspicious activity and the probablity it was arson. The sheriff's dept. was there yesterday. How ironic that just weeks ago we evacuated for several days and this time the fire is just down the driveway and we didn't have to go anywhere. Life is never dull on our little dirt road.