As it happens, I was the one to alert the guard house. I had just pulled through and spotted a small fire...maybe 12" in diameter. I actually did a double take because it was so small. I stopped my car and ran over to the guard and told him to call someone. I turned and went back to the fire which in the 15 seconds it took me to get to the gate, tell him, and get back the fire, it had spread to four lor five feet in diameter. I started asking people in the golf carts for their sand to see if we could put it out but got no takers. I jumped back in my car and drove across the circle to the fire house. Not a fire engine to be found. Someone said the firemen were on their way. Went back around to see smoke billowing and it took about 10 minutes for the engines to get there. Lots of people sitting around watching. I got out of there when the engines came and the fire was about 30 ft down the median. And you are right, tommy steam, if the wind were going in the other direction, the guardhouse would have been gone before the engines got there. ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO GIVE UP SMOKING. or if you are going to smoke, put it out in the ash tray not in the environment.
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