Fire victims fled home with just moments to spare

BOULDER - Wrapped in each          half hour later.
other's arms and binoculars        "The last person evacuated
in hand, a group of neighbors      and said you were still up
gathered across the canyon to      there. They said there was
see what happened.                 nobody going up there from
"Up on Logan. You see that.        him," said Anna.
The ridge is split up," said       "I just drove through a wall
Tevis Blom.                        of flames. The bumper is
As the fire raged on, Blom         melted off in the front of
and Scott Bartell could only       the van," said Tom.
hope their home would be           "I didn't think you were
spared. Many of his neighbors      coming back. I thought you
weren't so lucky.                  were gone because it was so
"You have this wall of fire.       bad," said Anna.
This enormous wall of fire         Facing the flames, Tom got
coming at you and I'm              out just in time. Minutes
thinking I got to get out of       later the house was gone.
here," said Anna Neur.             "I don't care about the house.
Neur left immediately. Her         I'm just glad you're okay,"
husband, Tom, stayed behind        said Anna.
to save whatever he could.          
They wouldn't reunite until a      

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