article_snippet.sent: At 2am one night towards the end of our stay, our became aware that a huge wild fire had broken out about a mile away.
article_snippet.sent: a huge wild fire grew in sudden bursts, the flames fanned by strong winds; but a huge wild fire was not obviously coming in our direction… yet.
article_snippet.sent: At 6am, I was awoken by a helicopter and a plane which began scooping up water from the sea and then headed over the fire zone to dump it - a laborious process that went on for hours.
article_snippet.sent: Later in the day our walked down to examine the site, expecting to see acres consumed by the conflagration.