First sign of danger Saturday afternoon
Sky becomes ominous
Nasty looking sky
The sun turns red
Everything starts getting dark
The cloud keeps billowing by
First sign of the flames coming over the ridge
People start to evacuate and the police close the roads
The sun sets at 5 on Saturday
Still a tiny bit of daylight
Submerged in red
Day is night
The only light is the flames
The flames come closer
The people who stayed watch helplessly
The flames start coming very close
A look down the closed street
One hill that got charred
A small fire crew was all that was able to come out and put out the blaze
More smoldering hillside
The fire starts getting too close
30 foot high flames
Saturday
Sunday
The Val Verde fire of October 25 & 26
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