The Arapaho fire is quickly burning to the west. It is currently at 80K plus acres. The sky is full of smoke and the hills are afire. Thankfully firefighters are working day and night to stop it. Many of our friends and neighbors have lost buildings, homes, and almost everyone is mourning the loss of a piece of their memories of Laramie Peak.
However, thankfully, some firefighters have stayed close to home. This afternoon we had a brief rainshower which wasn't even enough to keep the dust down but was enough to start a lightening fire a few miles from our house up Middle Bear. Many of our friends and neighbors spotted the fire from the interstate. While my dad had been dispatched to Arapaho last night, he didn't have to stay up there too long and was able to come home in the early morning hours. We are glad he came back so he and Eric could take Unit 15 up Middle Bear and put this fire out before it started.
When the flames were out, the smallest fire fighter was disptached.
This fire was particularly scary becuase it was very near power lines as you can see from the pole in the background here.
Tess mopping up.
Unit 15 and Unit 14 mopping up. We are thankful for our local firemen. Firefighting is a hot, dirty, dangerous and plenty miserable job.
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