Families returned home to their unscathed properties in Walker County Sunday after quickly evacuating from the dangerously close Game Preserve Fire.
are breathing a sigh of relief as they return to their homes after frantically leaving Friday night as the Game Preserve Fire was getting close and fast.She says she saw the fire from the distance earlier in the evening Friday, keeping a close eye as she packed up her belongings, adding, "Just about the time we saw the red-hot embers we saw the calvary coming down the road, and we said okay, we gotta get out.
Waller-Pollis said it was, "Shocking and unbelievable. A lot of us were saying I cannot believe this is happening.""We have a group text thread here, and we were all like oh my gosh, let’s go! We were celebrating," she said. "We could hear each other from wherever we were just yelling yes, let’s go. We were burning rubber to get here.",
As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had spread to an estimated 4,426 acres with 60 percent containment. Firefighters from all over the state including across the country such as Florida and Tennessee have shown up to help."There are so many people, strangers, just working in horrible conditions, so hot and dangerous conditions just to protect my property. And I know it’s not my property only, but they’re strangers to me. It’s humbling. It makes you feel small in a very good way.
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