Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Wildfire

There was a wildfire in the wetlands on Monday. It came really close to the west side of town, where I live at the World Wide warehouse and the Hazlett's house. It was about 5pm when I noticed ash falling into the warehouse yard and was about to jump on top of the roof to see if I could see any flames. Ken Bishoff from the county Search & Rescue walked into the yard and told us that they're encouraging evacuation. A few of the guides and I walked down the Hazlett's house and prepared to help spray trees down if it got any closer. There were 50mph gusts spreading the flames, and it got really close to a few houses before the winds died down and the firefighters got it under control.

A view from the Hazlett's yard. Click to see a report on KSL.

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