Herriman Fire

Last Sunday we had a scare here in Herriman. We went to church that morning and could smell a fire somewhere, but didn't see any smoke. Its not uncommon to smell smoke out here in farm country....because its usually just a farmer burning weeds. So we didn't think much of it until a few hours later when we noticed a ton of smoke in Rose Crest canyon. Apparently a machine gun at Camp Williams started a fire on their property and it wasn't being controlled and as the wind picked up that afternoon, it spread towards Herriman. The winds were 50mph and the smoke got so intense you could hardly breathe or see anything. The firemen were trying to protect all of the houses on the hill, but unfortunatly the fire got to a few of them. It was quite scary because most of Herriman city was getting evacuated, so I got some stuff together just in case we had to take off quick. Luckily Sunday night, the winds went down and by this last weekend, it was finally contained. What a scare!!! It really makes you think what you would grab in a situation like that!