The drama unfolded outside Patricia LeDieux’s window.
“Smoke was just awful,” LeDieux said.
She watched as firefighters tried to keep a brushfire from spreading into her DuPont neighborhood.
“My neighbor’s daughter said gather up the photos we don’t want them burning, it was intense,” LeDieux said.
Too intense for local firefighters.
“I was getting a little stressed about it, this was way beyond our capabilities,” DuPont Fire Chief Mike Keohi said.
There was no water access and the fire started in a remote area that required helicopters with buckets.
DuPont fire officials called in the DNR on Sunday and DNR firefighters were working into Monday to continue containment.
Fire officials say they strongly suspect the cause to be fireworks.