Late Thursday night, Aug 28th, I heard Bourbon`s tones drop for a mobile home fire on Smith Lane, north of Bourbon, so I grabbed my camera and flashgun and headed out the door, Missy close on my heels. As we started down the interstate, I heard Sullivan`s tones drop to assist Bourbon with a pumper and tanker. As soon as I exited the highway, I fell in behind a Bourbon pumper headed north to the fire and shortly after was passed by a firefighter as well. Once I neared the turn off to Smith Lane, I observed a huge glow in the sky from the fire. After parking a few hundred feet back, along the roadway, I walked up and talked to Steve Kimker, who stated it was a vacant trailer that had been scrapped earlier in the day, and was now simply a pile of wood scraps on fire….

..leaving firefighters with the simple task of dragging hoselines around and putting out hot spots….