Potato Cellar on Fire

Saturday I went out to rephotograph a potato cellar I had recently photographed (here's the post), but didn't like all of the snow in the scene and I wanted to take a couple of interiors. On my drive out I noticed a big plume of smoke, which is not that unusual this time of year when farmers are often burning stubble. I was sort of happy to see the fire because I thought I would photograph it while I was out. As I got closer though I began to worry that the fire might have been coming from the cellar. The fire was indeed coming from the cellar and it was mostly gone by the time I got there. It was probably a dangerous structure, and fire seems a quick way to destroy it. I made some photographs despite the choking and tears (not for sadness, but from the smoke).



Burning Potato Cellar, Osgood, ID 2006