Christopher Thompson exited his Deer Park house at 3:50 a.m. on Sept. 27 and saw a fiery scene he had long imagined with dread â and had hoped to help prevent. âWhen I stepped out of my house on the porch and saw those flames leaping from Bell Canyon reservoir (area), I knew my worst nightmare had come to fruition,â Thompson said. The Deer Park firefighter and president of Napa Communities Firewise Foundation had worked unsuccessfully to obtain a $750,000 grant from Cal Fire for fuel management in Bell Canyon. Heâd wanted to thin out vegetation and improve legacy roads there. Now the Glass Fire raged. Thompsonâs fire pager had alerted him.