By this time I was pretty sure that it was not a car fire.  The smoke looked white and I expected a car fire to produce darker or even black smoke.

I'll tell you one thing, I didn't anticipate ever adding more pictures to this album!

At first I thought it might be exhaust but it quickly became apparent that something was burning.  But what?

You can't see him very well but there is a fireman in a yellow fireman's coat and a black hat standing down next to the fire, which appears to be a brush fire … or actually a “ground” fire.  I hesitate to call it a brush fire because it looks like the only thing burning was leaves and grass.  Laying on the ground at the right you can just make out the hose from the water truck, but at present it doesn't look like water is running through it.

My glimpse was fleeting due to traffic (and the fact that I am driving!)

How much do you want to bet that this was started by some knucklehead tossing a cigarette butt out the window of his or her car?

So Friday when I was driving home I ran into a traffic jam on 495S, which isn't typical up by Westford.  Then I saw the smoke.