Burnin' Burns Bog

I was driving along Denman Street last night, on my way to the North Shore for my book club, when I had the sinking feeling that I had left the oven on, after baking a cake last night. But considering I was almost at the Lions Gate I chalked it up to that fleeting feeling you sometimes get and enjoyed my evening.

As I got close to home, however, I could smell smoke in the air. But it wasn't my apartment on fire (I did turn off the oven) - it was Burns Bog.

This morning I woke up to find ash all over my car and later in the morning, at work, it smelled like the bingo hall was on fire, but it was the bog - the winds were blowing all the smoke and ash towards downtown.

There is a strange haze in the air and I can still smell the smoke. Because it is a pete bog, Burns Bog could be burning for days. This is not the first time this has happened, however. Apparently the bog caught fire in 1996, but I don't remember it at all.