[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]I'm actually 400-odd kilometres away in Vancouver, and feeling damned helpless.

At last report, the fire has jumped the guard near another subdivision, and whole sections of the front are being abandoned. Â Some firefighters are cut off in a park adjacent to the lake. Â If they can swim, they can be rescued by boat.

Edit: 6:30 PM. General retreat. They're falling back all along the line and abandoning whole subdivisions. My neighbourhood is now being threatened, and there are reports of the fire getting down onto the flats and out of the hills. The evacuations have spread, and my last IM contact has left home.[/colorost_uid0]