We drove to my daughter's home outside of Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday and noticed some large plumes of smoke on the horizon when we were about two miles away. By the time we were approaching the sub-division where they live, it was clear that there was a major brush fire burning on the hills just across the road from where they lived. We pulled into the driveway and I got out the camera immediately. Fire trucks were roaring by and one pumper pull up to the hydrant not fifty feet from us. The kids were fascinated and we all watched for the next forty minutes until the blaze was contained. In the paper on Sunday morning we learned that several stretches of plastic fencing had been melted and that over thirty acres had been scorched. The cause was apparently a homeowner's trash fire that got out of control in the gusty winds. Here's a few shots courtesy of our man on the scene.
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