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 of the fire from work

Lots of trucks

Water jet from the top of the ladder

Water everywhere

Firefighter silhouette

This fire hydrant was completely tapped

Fire continued to rage into the night

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.