Fire! Fire!
A Sunday morning walk around the lanes of Layham and Shelley was a fairly regular route at the weekend, but the rather close sound of fire engines was certainly not normal! So, looking around at the skyline, I soon spotted a plume of smoke, luckily blowing away from me. It appeared to be only a couple of fields away. As luck would have it I was carrying my camera, so made my way toward the fire.
In the village of Shelley lives a man who is a thatcher by trade, and unfortunately it was his store in a nearby barn that had caught fire.
By the time I arrived, the building was well alight.
At this stage the building was standing - to a degree.
One fireman pours water into the building.
The owner looks on helplessly - it's all in someone else's hands.
Gradually the whole building collapses into a burning heap.
All the firemen can do is keep it under control, and dampen down.
When you stand outside the site of the fire, you can see the close proximity of the fire to a thatched residential property! Good job the wind was blowing away from the house.
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