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Around 5pm today my daughter and I went out to toss hay out to the goats and I heard a siren and saw a cop car go down the road but thought little of it until I turned around in the driveway and saw the fire...
*Photos maybe big, didn't resize before uploading*
There is a creek behind the doe barn about 30-40 feet away but its a steep banked creek so the fire would have jumped it. We're surrounded by kudzu and vines so the fire spreads pretty quick.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A016.jpg
You can see most of the does and kids in this photo while I was wetting down the barn and brush. I didn't want those hot embers to catch anything over here on fire.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A015.jpg
Driveway view...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A051.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A053.jpg
View from the tracks which run behind our house. These tracks are old and abandoned. People walk them and that's how they think the fire was started. Kids.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A032.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A042.jpg
The big tree on the right is on our property...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A043.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A037.jpg
The brought in bull dozers and cleared a break to contain the fire. Then they brought in the hoses and sprayed it down. Here's what it was like after they sprayed it down around 7:30pm...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A061.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A066.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A067.jpg
Hubby, Steve and son Matthew...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A073.jpg
Steve, Matthew and daughter Hannah...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A075.jpg
View back to our place. Bottom building is the doe barn, building above that to the left is the storage building and our house.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A077.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A079.jpg
Needless to say we were freaking out and are so thankful its over.
*Photos maybe big, didn't resize before uploading*
There is a creek behind the doe barn about 30-40 feet away but its a steep banked creek so the fire would have jumped it. We're surrounded by kudzu and vines so the fire spreads pretty quick.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A016.jpg
You can see most of the does and kids in this photo while I was wetting down the barn and brush. I didn't want those hot embers to catch anything over here on fire.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A015.jpg
Driveway view...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A051.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A053.jpg
View from the tracks which run behind our house. These tracks are old and abandoned. People walk them and that's how they think the fire was started. Kids.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A032.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A042.jpg
The big tree on the right is on our property...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A043.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A037.jpg
The brought in bull dozers and cleared a break to contain the fire. Then they brought in the hoses and sprayed it down. Here's what it was like after they sprayed it down around 7:30pm...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A061.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A066.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A067.jpg
Hubby, Steve and son Matthew...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A073.jpg
Steve, Matthew and daughter Hannah...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A075.jpg
View back to our place. Bottom building is the doe barn, building above that to the left is the storage building and our house.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A077.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/Go ... e/A079.jpg
Needless to say we were freaking out and are so thankful its over.