Brush fires - night and day

[spkerer]

Here are a some pictures from a night brush fire by a power substation and a daytime brush fire the next day in a field.

First, the nighttime fire by the power substation. Initial response was slowed searching for downed power lines. Turns out no lines were down, must have been a falling branch hitting the lines and then the flaming debris hitting the ground.

1. One side of the substation fire.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v6/p449605709-4.jpg

2. Looking from there towards the rest of the fire.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v5/p291100260-4.jpg

3. Spots of fire with lights from units mixed in.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v4/p410799701-4.jpg

4. Showing a bit of the substation itself.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v5/p91816300-4.jpg

And now the daytime fire. This was in a field south of town and spread by the gusty winds.

5. Looking downwind. No flames visible, but I like this view.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v6/p370547573-4.jpg

6. Another view downwind. I like the tire tracks heading that way.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v6/p19547086-4.jpg

7. Putting out the windward side of the fire.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v5/p33080320-4.jpg

8. A neighboring station's fire Jeep on the move.
http://photos.kusterers.net/img/v4/p176352040-4.jpg

[ckort]

Nice captures! How were you able to be so close? Are you involved with the fire dept. in some capacity? Hopefully nobody was injured.

[spkerer]

Nice captures! How were you able to be so close? Are you involved with the fire dept. in some capacity? Hopefully nobody was injured.

I'm a member of our local fire company - not as a firefighter - but solely as our photographer. I have protective gear that identifies me as a member of the fire company and some training from them. That's what allows me to have much more freedom of movement than someone not a member of a fire company.

Nobody was hurt in either of these. I almost predicted the night fire. All the power lines feeding my neighborhood are underground. About 7:30pm our power went out for 5 seconds or so then came back on. My guess was that something had fallen against some of the big power lines and tripped them. Within 5 minutes the call went out for the fire by the substation.