Sunday June 24th, 2012
We got a call from Ron Rosevear that the fire that had started near Fountain Green had been fanned by high winds and was now approaching Indianola and heading our way. We jumped in the truck and ran out there to see it for ourselves. When we got there Dennis and Ron both decided we had better get ready in case they wanted us to evacuate. Den and I loaded up stuff and came home to pump up tires and get the truck better ready for moving the trailer, if need be. I called David and told he and Jen they had better come as well. By the time we got back out to the property we were being told by the Fire Marshall to evacuate quickly. We had to go through 2 road blocks to get back as they had closed the road. They let us in to get our trailer because we were on the East side of hwy 89. The above picture is of us getting ready to leave. It is not an easy task to move a trailer that is set up permanently, but we did!
It took David and us about an hour to get ready to go. By the time we got down to the hwy at the fire station, this is the sight we saw. The fire had burned down to the road and they had the road closed going south. Ron and Judy had to bring their trailer out our way ... north and then down Spanish Fork Canyon.
We pulled out onto the hwy and Dennis and David helped Ron pump up his trailer tires as his trailer hadn't been moved for several years either. So sad ... so many people across the road had their property destroyed by this fast moving fire. At least 50 homes were burned. High winds and dry grass. (They said it was probably human caused ... very upsetting!!)
1 comment:
Those pics are so scary! Glad your property was safe. So much hard work has gone into it!
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