VIDEO: With the much-needed rain comes the possibility of flooding. Thatโs especially true for the people who live near the Willard Peak Fire burn scar. Today, neighbors placed 300 sandbags that the city provided along the mountainside in hopes of preventing any possible runoff from making it to the homes below.
Just a week and a half ago, more than 100 homes were evacuated in North Ogden as strong winds pushed the Willard Peak Fire down the mountainside toward nearby neighborhoods. โIt started down there,โ Alex Webb can be heard saying in a video he took from his home showing the thick smoke produced by the fire. He continued. โIt moved up the canyon and itโs basically moving towards us.โ
When firefighters extinguished the fire, it had burned a total of 577 acres and came within feet of homes. โIt was like a wall of red,โ homeowner Allison LaCross recalled. โIโve never been so scared in my life. Iโve never been so scared to lose our home.โ However, LaCross and all others who lived nearby were able to breathe a sigh of relief the day after the fire sparked because not a single home was lost. โThey did such an outstanding job helping everyone and stopping these fires,โ added LaCross.
However, with monsoon weather sweeping the state today, LaCross, neighbors and community members met up at Josh Sawyerโs house (who lives directly across the street from LaCross). โAs of right now things look good,โ Sawyer told ABC4 as he stood on charred vegetation just feet away from his property line.
