We were caught in a forest fire a few weeks ago in Washington. We drove a few hours up into The Northern Cascade mountains and when we reached Diablo Lake we could not see anything but heavy smoke. We turned around and headed back down the mountain. We drove right into more heavy smoke and fire. I got out of the car and took a video (silly me ) and we high tailed it out of there. About 15 minutes later we heard on the radio highway 20 was closed and people were being evacuated. We were fortunate to have made it out.
Three firemen were killed and countless homes burned to the ground. It was heartbreaking seeing so much beauty being destroyed. It was a sad day for us.
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