'My family’s alive': Campers share harrowing story of evacuating due to JacobCityFire in Tooele County
“I went out [of his camping trailer] to water the dogs and looked out, down the canyon and saw a big plume of black smoke," Herrmann said."At that point, I knew we were in trouble.
“He came in and he told us, 'You’ve got five minutes to get out of here or we’re not getting out of here,'” said Herrmann, who eventually had to leave his trailer behind. “My family was number one — thinking of them, 'How are we going to get out of there if we can’t get out of there?'"Campers celebrating a birthday weekend were forced to evacuate as the #JacobCityFire moved FAST into Soldier Canyon. pic.twitter.
“Seeing that wall of fire out the back window is harrowing, scary,” said Herrmann, who rewatched some of the videos that his family members took as he drove them out of the canyon to safety. “My family’s alive. The material things don’t matter, but I’m grateful they’re all out.” “I’ve never experienced fire quite like that and never want to experience it quite like that again,” said Aaron Pratt, who was camping with the group. “We’ve seen fires here in Tooele quite a bit, but this was more close and personal than anything we’d ever experienced before.”
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