The flames were at least twenty-thirty feet before the fire department got here. Mom and little sister didn't hear anything, mistook the car lights for a car resting on the hill.Īt least until the car went up in flames and the light proved that it was actually in the middle of the trees on the other side of the road. Scared the hell out of me enough to send me running through the house screaming for my mother (and in the process waking everyone up). I've finally stopped shaking long enough to type.Ī car just crashed on the other side of the road from my house, drove right past my door.