I was flame weeding next to a garden bed adjacent to my house and accidentally caught some dried thyme that was growing all around the perimeter. Easily a 20 foot ring. It went from 0 to 60 in seconds. Like if you’ve ever lit a dry Christmas tree it was like that. I ran and got the hose which was luckily only 30 feet away, but not hooked up, so I had to hook it up and turn it on which when you are flooded with stress hormones is really fucking hard.
I and was able to put it out but it was really fucking scary. My hands are still shaking 10 mins later from the adrenaline.
I am proud of myself for staying calm and focused and doing what had to be done in the moment but uh… Holy shit comrades
Fire gets real scary the moment you are no longer in charge.
Compounded if you are alone (everything gets worse alone) Especially when you try to control it and what you did gets ignored by the fire. How many times can a human being say “oh shit” under their breath in 10 seconds? Because the world record holder probably belongs to someone who watched their fire escape containment.