made sure we had our evacuation plan in effect, and it's just frightening because you don't know what to think. >> everybody is concerned. they are close by and watching the wind and the weather and trying to get information. ready to just get out. martha: you can just hear the fear in all those peoples' voices. that's the area's second major brushfire in less than a week, and in connecticut, flames dangerously close to homes in that state. >> maybe six or 8 feet away from me. >> six or 8 feet away from your house. >> yes. >> i live on pon . avenue and i was having brush come in that area. >> we're not used to fighting brushfires like out west in california, so this is a different fire for us. >> it was ash and -- ash and soot and it was raining ashes. >> i actually saw that in mill forward, connecticut fire, on the way home yesterday, you could see it clearly, the smoke from