Too close for comfort!

When Jamie and I were on our way back from town today, we were greeted by a whole stream of fire engines going the other way and planes were soaring overhead.  At the school, everyone was talking about the forest fire that was just outside Big White, so we went to the highest point of the village to have a look.  There were 2 planes, one was a spotter and the other was dropping red fire retardant liquid all over the fire.  The scary thing was that the fire was on close to the road that we had just come up, and it's the only road in and out of Big White cutting off any means of escape had the fire taken hold...thank goodness for the Fire Department.

I know it doesn't look scary, just a small plume of smoke actually, but it could have been serious...honest!