One day at work a couple of years back we spotted a huge fire a couple miles away. On this day I had my camera gear with me and decided to take some pictures on my way home if there was anything to be seen. I later learned that this was a CD duplication company. Firefighters were dumping an insane amount of water on this building for several hours.
![View from work View of the fire from work](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0116.jpg)
View of the fire from work
![Lots of trucks Lots of trucks](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0165.jpg)
Lots of trucks
![Water jet from the ladder Water jet from the top of the ladder](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0234.jpg)
Water jet from the top of the ladder
![Water everywhere Water everywhere](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
Water everywhere
![Firefighter silhouette Firefighter silhouette](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
Firefighter silhouette
![Tapped This fire hydrant was completely tapped](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
This fire hydrant was completely tapped
![Fire continued to rage into the night Fire continued to rage into the night](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
Fire continued to rage into the night
![Taking a breather A firefighter takes a moment to rest](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
A firefighter takes a moment to rest
by Kurt
Justin Johnson - Those are great pictures, albeit an unfortunate circumstance. Did you give any to newspaper or TV?
Kurt - No I didn’t. Perhaps I should have tried to send some in somewhere. Perhaps one of the free Santa Monica papers would have been interested.