Fire at My Back Fence by NightGallery
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Insanity... we live on a lot with a house behind us, only a few feet away from our home. Someone, I don't know who? Came to our screen door and yelled in "Hey, Hello? Your neighbor's house is on fire and it looks like it's coming your way!!!!" I was like "what neighbor?". "Behind you" she said. "thank you!" Ran out the back door and saw the orange glow of flames and smelled the smoke... Told my wife to call 911 and then grabbed my hose and started dowsing the roof and yard of the back house all I could.
I took a 15 sec break to get a couple shots of the madness then went back to soaking everything I could. My main thought was... "I don't want to lose everything we have".... If those trees would have caught fire it would have been a different story altogether. LBFD RULES!
Comments (18)
Juliette.Gribnau
impressive; hope you and your house are OK
NightGallery
We are safe... thank you... The Fire Dept. did their job very well!
whaleman
A wonderful shot...looks like it could have been a sunset! Hope you can find that person to thank him.
JeanneDeau
May the gods bless our public servants...they do so much and get so little in return. On another note, I could almost believe this is an autumn sunset or sunrise, the way you shot it.
Hendesse
This sounds very dramatic. How lucky that the fire did not reach the trees. A stunning shot.
durleybeachbum
Horrific scare, Bruce! But you are the true photographer..so glad you recorded the event which hopefully will never be repeated.
illkirch
That was close
Allenox
Scary moments, but terrific photo.
pimanjc
Very scarry and a close call. Good reaction and photo by you.
sharky_
Stay safe my friend. Aloha
bobrgallegos
Aside from Your neighbor losing their home, this is a beautiful capture!!
kgb224
Glad to hear that you and your loved loved ones are safe my friend.God bless.
photosynthesis
From the thumbnail & title, I though this was going to be a fiery sunset shot. Glad you're safe - we still have smoke from the wild fires that have burning for weeks now. Oh, & of course the photo is beautiful...
netot
Impressive! Thanks to God that you, your family and your home are well. Hope your neighbor is unharmed. You have nerves of steel, taking pictures at a time when you were in danger.
Katraz
Sound like you had a lucky escape.
jayfar
Quite a record shot, you were lucky you weren't burnt out of house and home.
angora
OMG! :-((( so glad you escaped a tragedy. hope your neighbors were all safe
tennesseecowgirl
wow what a scary thing to go through and I hope all your neighbors were okay.