We had a close call this past week! One of our friends had brought us dinner and came to see Will- and just as she was leaving, we saw fire trucks just a couple houses down. We wondered what was going on, when we heard the neighbor yell, "There's a fire in your back yard!"
I didn't register it right away- til we looked out our back window, and sure enough, 6-7 foot flames were right behind our fence! Very scary!!
Lana- our friend- told Dan to hurry and go turn our hose on, so he did. He ran out and turned it on, and started spraying down our back fence, and the back side of the yard, and over the fence. The tall weeds by the train tracks had caught fire- most likely teenage shenanigans- and the fire was spread up and down the width of 5-6 homes! It got dangerously close to our back fence- 1-5 feet in places!! The fire fighters were combating it from 3 directions, and I am extremely grateful that it was caught when it was! It could have really devastated our yard/home and many of our neighbors!
Dan called the county and we are waiting to hear back on who is responsible for that area- whether it is in fact the county or the rail road. In the meantime, Dan will be going back there every so often to chop things down low behind our home!
