Trekking the Earth for Wind & Fire

Saturday was a windy day. The kind of windy day where someone waves you to the side of the road to see if you could drive them to the top of the hill so they don't have to walk in the wind (this happened). It's was also the kind of windy day that blows trees into power lines. These start fires. Once these fires start, they aren't readily stopped because....you guessed it...the wind.

I-95 looking northward

Looking southward at I-95 before they closed the lanes

A couple of dozen acres went up in flames because of an incorrectly disposed trash fire in a homeless camp. This led to the closure of I-95 southbound for a period of time because the wind fueled the fires and carried the smoke across the highway, reducing visibility. A brush fire 15 miles away from there demolished at least one home and closed multiple roads. Finally, I saw another fire as I was on my way home. Not sure what started that one, but trees were on fire and as twilight drifted into night, it made for some lovely, if challenging light.
I also have to point out that the crews were exceedingly nice and allowed me plenty of access while they worked. Which curiously, is not often the case when there is a house fire. This, naturally, led to better pictures. Brush fires like these don't happen very often out here, so it was a nice change of pace. Especially since there were no injuries.

This man covered his face in a handkerchief as he walked home across the street from a brush fire that consumed at least one home, off Davis Ford Rd, in Woodbridge...

Firefighters cut a tree down that had caught fire...