Fire

FIRE ON THE FORTH

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Storm chasing across the South Dakota back country on July 4th was in and of itself an incredible experience (photo of the storm below), but upon returning to the cabin an old truck was already ablaze, with sounds of crackling and popping--almost as if fireworks were left in the front seat--filling the night sky.

In the distance the lighting from the storm lit up the sky as fire fighters from Waubay began to pull up.

Not only was the car on fire, but it had caught a large, dry field across the road on fire, too. Hardly any wind was present, surprisingly in retrospect because of the storm, so it never was out of control, but it did spread a considerably. 

Quite the show.

THE STORM IN THE DISTANCE

WAUBAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

LOCAL HEROES

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They never know when they'll get the call. The call to put themselves in harms way, to protect the citizens of the community. 

Our local fire department is no different of course, but on this occasion they were tasked with burning a four plex, a house, and a garage, on the same block for the purpose of learning. They call it 'Burn to Learn', which is what this series of photographs chronicles, but make no mistake without careful attention to detail things could of gotten out of hand.

To the Newberg Fire Department I say thank you.