“The fire happened very quickly and, unlike other instances where we had hours or even days of pre-evacuation notices, we literally had minutes to get out of our homes.”
From left: Tim Guenthner, Bev Kurtz and Anna McDermott pose for a photo in front of Gross Reservoir on Wednesday. Kurtz and McDermott teamed up with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office to use a pre-existing community Telegram group to quickly evacuate the area during the Lakeshore Fire last week. The neighborhood sits just north of the Gross Reservoir, located in the mountains southwest of Boulder.
“The fire happened very quickly and, unlike other instances where we had hours or even days of pre-evacuation notices, we literally had minutes to get out of our homes,” she wrote. “The sheriff’s department did an incredible job with communicating with us. It was a huge improvement over what has happened in the past.”
The fire started around 2:30 p.m. on July 31 close to a home on Lakeshore Drive. It burned down a house and came close to another, reaching seven acres before crews announced on FridayThe remains of a house that burned down in the Lakeshore Fire are seen on Wednesday. “I personally have immense praise for the department personnel who handled everything efficiently and safely, all while keeping us informed as to what was happening,” she said, adding that Montez in particular went “above and beyond.”
Kurtz, McDermott and their neighbors evacuated first to the North Shore parking lot by the reservoir, and then to Walker Ranch. They moved to several different locations because authorities kept telling them they needed to move further away from the fire area.
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