After a wildfire spread through parts of Medina County over the weekend, residents who...
Residents talks to Medina County deputies on Monday, March 28, 2022, at a road block on County Road 2615 near the Das Goat fire. Evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes Tuesday morning.When the recent wildfire in Medina County crept up on the High Mountain Ranch neighborhood on Saturday, Eric Collins was taking a nap with his five dogs and one cat.
His pets reacted to that stress. The wiener dog vomited in his lap, the German shepherds barked, and the cat meowed anxiously. It was nearly two hours before he could leave and find his wife, Amy.At 9 a.m. Tuesday, people like the Collinses — who evacuated while firefighters battled the blaze — were able to return home to scorched land and empty houses.
Most evacuated families were able to go to family’s or friends’ homes on short notice, while 10 to 15 people found shelter at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Helotes. Collins and his wife were able to stay with her sister in Devine, Texas, 45 minutes south of their home. “Humidity will increase as we get into the summer, but it could indeed be a relatively dry summer,” Nielsen-Gammon said. “It really depends on how much rain we get over the next few months, but as the summer goes on, things tend to get drier.”
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