The scene was hellish, thick red smoke rising into the starry sky. The fire seemed to go for 10 km. A massive out of control grass fire south of Lethbridge Alberta. Just south of the towns of Raymond and Stirling. Our evening started normally, what we thought was a low lying cloud on the horizon was actually a massive column of smoke from an out of control wildfire. At first I thought it was in Montana but then we saw the flames in the distance. It was burning out of control on top of a large ridge known as the Milk River Ridge. To make matters worse we've been buffeted by gale force winds all day so the fire was spreading like crazy. The opening shot was the only real risk I took. I felt it was reasonable since the wind was at my back and blowing in the same direction at 100 kmph all day. Frankly I was more concerned getting caught in the thick smoke Also took pains not to get in the way of fire fighting efforts. Most of the shots are actually taken from far behind the fire fighting effort. The local community came together with local farmers plowing fire breaks and community workers with graders and water truckers helping in the effort.
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