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Or possibly, summer in the American West, or something of the sort. This was fire in the foothills above Provo, Utah, and of all things was started by a lawn mower hitting a rock and a spark went into the dry grass.

The thing interesting here, is, too close for comfort could be said for the fire burning near homes, and close to camping and recreation areas, but if you look at the shot, the plane dropping the fire retardant and the helicopter with the bucket are very very close to each other.

When I was photographing this my son and I had to almost look away, and let the camera go on continuous so we didn't have to see the crash. Luckily no-one was hurt in this fire.

Three men were killed by a fire today in eastern Utah, a sad commentary, as most of the fires in the west are human caused.