Thanks for all the posts. I will likely read most of them.
I used to work in Burnsville overlooking the river to the north. There were marshy areas with cat tails etc. In the spring they were dried out and RR tracks led to the coal fired power station. Train sparks would set it on fire. It was entertaining to watch the fire fighting. I only recall the helicopters with buckets. Also planes. There was some auto dealer just west of I-35W they had to protect.
The black turned to green real quick later in the spring.
Know exactly where that is...had to go that way to Elko or visit folks down that way I know...
I recall a fire when I was a youth behind some old apartments that used to be next to an old radio station (WAYL) off Old 8 just a bit north of Foss road that raged in a field between the apartments and the Hwy 88 trunk and a pond bordering the south end...we used to roam all over and in this area the grass and cattails were so high, great place to stage army games with kids...stalk fox...anyway the area was low-lying, the 3rd floor of the apartments were just about even with Old 8...forget how it started but the flames were about 30-40' higher than the apartment buildings roof...FD had to attack it from two sides to quash.
Saw a controlled house burn off Silver Lake Road by the old Apache Plaza once too, practice for the FD on a condemned house..that was neat to watch.
