So at most there have been 18 fires burning in Southern California. As of right now I know a couple of them are completely out. The Irvine/Santiago fire started about 2 miles fom us on Sunday evening. It was pretty scary, we weren't sure what was going to happen, if we were going to be evacuated or not, so I packed a bag just incase. Luckly for us the fire eventually moved west. Here are some pictures I took from our balcany shortly after it started.

This is the sky Wednesday around 5 o'clock p.m. It looks gloomy, but thats all the smoke that's in the air. It's horrible. Ash is piled up on the sides of the streets. The smell is so strong, even things inside our apartment are starting to smell like smoke.