A fire started this morning-Sept 20, 2007 near Underwood, WA. It began west of the old Broughton Lumber Site(which has been a hot topic in the gorge lately as SDS Lumber hopes to build a resort there). It is west of White Salmon near Hwy 14, a spark from a passing train is believed to have caused the fire.  Where I live on the westside of Hood River is straight across the Columbia from where the fire began. It was an interesting day watching the helicopters, and fire planes work on trying to contain this fire. The winds have been working against the crews with much gusting west winds. I took these pictures around 2:30 this afternoon. I heard on the Portland news that 6 homes had burned to the ground, and many people were being evacuated.
 

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SEP
29
2007
 We watched the footage on the news... too bad for those that lost everything... These photos are a little spooky...
1:28pm • #1
OCT
04
2007

I ran into a former colleague at an alumni event in Portland, last weekend, and found out that one of those homes was her vacation home.  Thankfully, she didn't have a lot of personal items in the house.  Still, what a headache and heartache.  Situations like this make you realize how easily it can happen.  I'm truly thankful I've never had to go through it.
11:54am • #2

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