Shortly after arriving at work on Tuesday, I got sent out to cover a massive fire that mostly consumed a local salvage yard. It seems I usually end up going to a lot of false alarms, but with the thick, dark smoke cloud looming in the distance, I knew this was going to be legit. I ran into a number of obstacles trying to get closer but finally got in to where I could see some of the remaining flames. Breathing in this smoke probably didn’t do me any good, and I felt a little ill for a few hours afterwards. Probably not as ill as the owner of the salvage yard, who unfortunately didn’t have insurance.