Homes in the path of the fire spared
EDEN BENCH â They were given the notice to evacuate within an hour of the Elbow Creek Fire starting. Yet Dick and Shirley Hone saw their home spared despite the blaze's quick-burning nature when it started the afternoon of Thursday, July 15, and almost immediately started moving east. "They saved, I think, basically every structure," Shirley Hone told the Chieftain during an interview Wednesday, July 21. The Hones own the last home on Eden Bench, closest to Elbow Creek, Shirley Hone said. "I think within two hours, it was burning hard right below our house," she said. The couple heeded e...
Source: eastoregonian.com