Getting the weekend off to an early start...NOT a good sign.

This fire began at approximately 8 p.m. on Friday night.

It is a small yellow house directly north of St. Mary's Park...on 33rd Street between Magnolia Drive and Highland Avenue. Lots of smoke for the first half hour, no flames. However, as I was leaving, one of the firemen had grabbed an ax and was heading to the roof.

From a distance, the smoke combined with the lights at the park made it look like the whole west side of Cairo was ablaze. Fortunately, that was not the case and the fire appeared contained.