Fire Watch

Friday night Aimee had her softball teammates from her Monday night championship team come over to the house to celebrate their big win. It was a warm night and everyone had a good time on the deck.

We also had a view of a wildfire that erupted earlier that day in the Santa Clarita Valley.

This first picture shows our first glimpse of the smoke late Friday afternoon.

Later that evening is when we first started seeing flames on the ridge of those mountains.

Here is a shot from the same angle taken around midnight Friday night.

Here is a shot of the smoke-filled sky on Saturday afternoon that Aimee took while I was at work.

This was my view of the sky on Saturday from West L.A.

Sunday afternoon and the wind has shifted to give us some blue sky but the fire is still going strong.

More flames on the ridge visible Sunday evening.

Late Sunday night and here is the same ridge.

 This fire is 15-20 miles away and poses no danger to us other than unhealthful air. Unfortunately, some did lose their homes and we know some people who had to evacuate. It's been dry as a bone around here for years and hopefully we don't get anything like this coming too close to us. Last month's Calabasas fire was much smaller but only a mile or two away.