Two High Country firefighters are setting a ladder to a window to smash it and let the smoke and heat out of the upstairs space. The attic has already ventilated itself by the fire, so a roof team should not be needed. Five minutes after the first team entered the house I hear them report that the fire is out and that there are no victims. The second team reports the same and that they are now putting foam into the attic space. The black smoke that had been billowing out of the hole in the roof has turned to gray and white, indicating that combustion has been stopped.
Fire hates our foam.
Five more minutes and the first crew is backing out of the house. The second is out. Team three now goes in to confirm that all fire is out and starts bringing the owners' belongings out. Pictures, boxes of papers, furniture, all are placed on salvage covers. The American Red Cross people are here.