Neola – Margie Houston (right) is comforted by her granddaughter Marlise Houston. Margie lost both her husband and one of her sons in an out-of-control wildfire near Roosevelt that had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning. ; 6.30.2007
I wrote about this assignment here: The FireNeola – Margie Houston tightly grips the hand her granddaughter Marlise Houston. Margie lost both her husband of 44 years and one of her sons in an out-of-control wildfire near Roosevelt that had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning. ; 6.30.2007Neola – 11-year-old Duane Houston was with his father (Tracy) and grandfather (George) in a hay field when a wildfire swept through. At his grandfather’s instructions, Duane ran to safety. An out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning and claimed the lives of three people. ; 6.30.2007
Neola – An out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning and claimed the lives of three people.
; 6.30.2007
Neola – Members of the Houston family watch from the front lawn of the family home as smoke rises from an out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning and claimed the lives of three people, including George and Tracy Houston. ; 6.30.2007
Neola – Aaron Davis of the Myton City Volunteer Fire Department calls his son to check in. Davis and his fellow firefighters from Myton worked all day Friday and Saturday on the fireline, some of them sleeping in the department’s firetruck. An out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning and claimed the lives of three people.
; 6.30.2007
Neola – An out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning and claimed the lives of three people.
; 6.30.2007
Neola – An out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt had burned 14,000 acres in the Unitah Basin by Saturday morning and claimed the lives of three people.
; 6.30.2007
Neola – Family members walk up the dirt road to the Houston family home. Friends and family arrived throughout the day bringing food and offering support to Margie Houston, who lost her husband George and son Tracy in an out-of-control wildfire near Roosevelt.
; 6.30.2007
