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