Elephant Butte Fire and Homeowner Mitigation
Channel: MyMountainTown
Date: 2022-04-07

On July 13, 2020 a wildland fire broke out along Upper Bear Creek Rd that spread to Elephant Butte in Evergreen. It forced the evacuation of 1,000 residents and took 130 firefighters 10 days to put out. Visible from downtown Evergreen, it was a startling reminder of our wildfire danger and the need to mitigate homes and land further to reduce wildfire risk. 

Our thanks to Tom Meyers for creating this video, and to Evergreen Fire Rescue for their cooperation. If you'd like to find out more about how to better prepare your homes, family, and property for wildfire, and make yourselves and your community safer, please go to https://www.rotarywildfireready.com/ and https://www.evergreenfirerescue.com/. You'll find an abundance of resources at those sites.

My Mountain Town's coverage of the #ElephantButteFire: https://mymountaintown.com/forum/46-scanner-emergency-info-weather-forecasts/336293-elephantbuttefire-wildland-fire-north-of-evergreen-high-school

Canyon Courier article: Elephant Butte Fire a year later
A move to mitigation and more
https://www.canyoncourier.com/stories/elephant-butte-fire-a-year-later,379409