Was out at the Bulb this early afternoon, in the Ampitheatre, and off to the west we started smelling burned synthetics...... there was a big black cloud of smoke that looked to be spreading fast. We booked it out of there and went around to the outer reaches of the lagoon, where we could see that the "house" that perched on the side of the hill was in flames.

(Side note: anyone know anything about that house? It looked pretty finished with construction material siding, and I know it had a crappy little chimney-- source of the fire, maybe?)

The trees looked to be catching a bit, but it's pretty damp out there this time of year, so I don't think it was too bad. The Albany Fire Department got there and were blundering around, lost on the paths, trying to get a fire truck up there (oy). I showed them the closest, widest path to get near there....but of course, it's the Bulb, and not designed for fire trucks! Heh.

I'll drop a few photos into the tribe album, taken with my camera phone.