The Station Fire at this point has burned someplace around 144,000 acres, and destroyed over 60 houses. It really is a tragedy!
I decided yesterday that I would take a drive over to the fire line and get some photos.
I must say, after being close enough to have one of the water dropping helicopters drop half it’s payload on my truck; those firefighters really earn my respect!
As you’ll see in some of these photos, the wall of fire completely dwarfs these men. Though I was standing some 500ft away from it, I could definitely feel the heat and hear the roar of the flames.

So without further ado, here are some of the photos that I got.
May hat goes off to the firefighters who are fighting this blaze!

This news clip borrowed from the Associated Press:

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross rider, died of head injuries Tuesday after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition. He was 24.

Jorge Ramirez, chief of the intensive care unit at Calderon Hospital, said Lusk suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury.

Lusk won a gold medal at the 2008 X Games. He was injured Saturday night when he failed to complete a full rotation while attempting a Hart Attack backflip and slammed headfirst into the dirt. Lusk crashed in almost identical fashion in the freestyle semifinals at the 2007 X Games but was not hurt.

He had a successful 2008 season, winning Freestyle gold at the X Games and silver in Best Trick when he landed the first double-grab Hart Attack backflip. He won a bronze helmet in Freestyle at the Moto X World Championships in his hometown of San Diego.

“Jeremy motivated me to be a better person, he was my best friend,” said Brian Deegan, the founder of Lusk’s riding group Metal Mulisha. “One day, we will all be reunited and will ride together again.”

Chris Stiepock, the vice president and general manager of the X Games franchise, said Lusk “had emerged as one of the world’s best freestyle moto riders.”

“He was a tremendous athlete and competitor and represented the sport of freestyle motocross very well,” Stiepock said.

Ramirez said Lusk died with his parents and his wife, Lauren, at his side.

“He was in a medicine-induced coma as a protective measure, and the medicine was being reduced to see how his body responded,” he said. “That didn’t mean he was going to wake up. He was in shock and that got worse last night, until he stopped responding and entered into cardiac and respiratory failure.”

Lusk lived in Temecula, Calif.

A trust has been set up in his memory, and donations can be made through the Athlete Recovery Fund, http://www.athleterecoveryfund.com.

Lusk was declared dead on Tuesday Feb, 10th.

R.I.P. my man.
What you’ve done for the sport will not be forgotten!

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