It's so strange considering my mom just took a walk by our church a few hours ago. Now it's burned. They were working on fixing it too, raising money for roof repairs...

A while ago my brother and his friends were hanging out outside, goofing around, and then I heard my brother come inside. I thought he was coming in to get something, but then I heard him tell my mom, "There's a huge fire outside."

Sounded weird, and I thought he meant in the mountains or something. I went outside to look, and there was a huge blaze a few blocks away. It was surreal to see a fire that big and that close to our home... It just scared me more to see it getting bigger... I told my mom she should call the fire department, and then went to my room.

Soon I heard sirens, and felt less alarmed. Then I saw water being sprayed on it, and felt more calm. For some reason I can't feel to much right now, but I know I'll be alarmed again when I see the church...

I think the fire is out now, but I hear my mom saying she can still see some trees burning. At least it's mostly out, but I hope everyone's okay. my brother says the church next door didn't burn, so that's good. I just hope no one was hurt... Buildings can be replaced, but people cannot...