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I was working on the computer one evening a couple of weeks back when I heard the sound of sirens spill into the air. I didn't pay it much mind as the fire hall is just down the road and they are always flying off responding to some call or other at odd hours. It wasn't until I looked out the window a few minutes later that I realized they were responding to a fire just down the street. Shows how observant I am. A local auto body shop had caught fire in the middle of the night. Nobody was there at the time and the fire was contained to one part of the building, but they still haven't re-opened since the fire.

By the time I grabbed the camera and got outside, the fire was pretty much out; no dramatic flame scenes were to be had. So I took some shots of the smoke and steam filling the air for lack of anything else to do.

The post editing reduced the red glare from the engine lights and brought out the blue-green of the traffic lights that I hadn't noticed before. I smoothed out as much of the noise as I could and tried a bit of sharpening to reduce the blur.

Enjoy and your comments welcomed.