The Fires of Manzanita

Cinders just set off a big fire in north hollywood. Two, three dozen houses could go up. Sec to is offering a bonus for the next hundred people who can get there. Carrie wasn't in the fire, but she wasn't far from it. I found her slumped in the lee of a rock, breathing hard and fast. The fire had grabbed her left side. She rolled and padded out the worst of it, but her shirt and trousers still smouldered.