A brush fire

Crest is up on a hill on one side is busy El Cajon the other side is Harbison Canyon and the community of Alpine. When we have wildfires it comes up the sides of the hills and these communities are effected like us. Well today I noticed a haze and smelled smoke. I looked to the sky and saw a small fire plane circling so I knew there must be a fire on Harbison Canyon or Alpine side of Crest. So I ran to the computer looked at  the news and saw there is a fire about four and a half miles away in Harbison canyon. That sounds like a long distance but fires go up the sides of the rocky hills and they don’t follow a curvy road. Here’s what was going on the other side of Crest at the bottom of our hills. They evacuated two schools in Alpine.

You can tell we take brush fires seriously.

                                              I could see the plane but I couldn't see the fire.
 
 

                           I have seen these helicopters land in front of my house
                            in the Crest school parking lot
                           during a fire in Crest.White smoke is good to see.
                        
                           These pictures were sent in by Alpine Citizens.

  This is what was needed to stop the fire……15 engines. 6 hand crews, 2 air tankers, 1 air attack, 2 helicopters, 4 chief office.alpine firedept, lakeside, cal fire, sd county fire authority, sycuan, heartland fire and rescue, san miguel all have equipment on the fire.