See that. We smell a lot of smoke in the area. Its very potent. The wind that caused this fire to explode to hundreds of acres earlier today has since died down. On any other sunday evening this would be considered a picture perfect sunset in American Canyon, but there was no time to admire the beauty here because as the lights started to slowly disappear, there was an earnest effort to stop the spread of a wildfire burning in the hills nearby. Its like a worry out here all the time. Reporter wayne and his dog sonny watched the firefight totally aware he lives smack in the middle of a tinderbox, some of the dry brush that fuels wildfires like he can see from his driveway. It was burning bad. I was watching it come the fla were reported around 3 15 sunday afterthat often makes towards the city. Reporter as the fire grew to a few hundred acres, a major offensive was launched, two helicopters, five fixed wing aircrafts, 20 fire engines and seven water tenders brought in and a helping hand