Black Forest Fire June 2013

Black Forest Fire June 2013 (totally stole this from my best friend's blog)

Another wildfire has hit our city.  This time it is closer to us than the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire.  This fire is in the Black Forest.  Unfortunately, most of this area is in our Stake.  At this point, it appears as though the fire will remain north of us.  We are not in eminent danger.  We do have a lot of smoke....as winds keep shifting. This is what the fire looked like when it first started.  Julie (lol! told you I stole this.  I would have said "I") was on the road, took the picture and asked if there was a fire reported.

Our Stake was having their Scout Day Camp in that area.  They were told to evacuate...and at one point were told to STOP gathering your equipment and get out! Shortly thereafter, the park completely burned.

As of Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 4:00 pm this was the map of the evacuation zone. The red is the Mandatory area...the yellow is the voluntary area.  We are still West and South of these areas.

Here are some pictures taken from people in our Stake.

These photos are from a local news site, and are closer to the fire itself:

As of this moment, there are officially 92 homes that are considered total losses.  In their news press, they said that more were burning.  There are over 5700 homes that were evacuated...Not sure how many businesses.