Firefighters had extra help Sunday as big flames ripped through dry brush along northbound Interstate 5 near the Tacoma Mall.
The flames erupted Sunday evening at 56th Street, Washington State Patrol said. As firefighters doused the flames with water, a convent full of sisters, many armed with brooms, stood at the ready.
One of the sisters said she was in the garden when she first spotted the sparks. She said she was going to do something, but the flames erupted too fast, so she ran into her house to call the Fire Department.