A lightning-induced wildfire in Colorado forced Greg Norman and others to evacuate his mountain ranch Sunday evening.
Norman is safe, as is his ranch, but dry, windy conditions brought the flames within a couple hundred yards of his estate. Emergency crews used water from nearby lakes, and some of them even took shelter overnight in his house, according to Norman, who detailed the experience on Twitter in the thread below.
The fire is still ongoing, and conditions Monday have not made it any less threatening. We will continue to update this post when possible.
All this happened last night at & around my Lodge in the mountains of Colorado. This fire started from a lightning strike about 1/2 mile from the Lodge the day before. pic.twitter.com/OnH9YOxPKc
— Greg Norman (@SharkGregNorman) July 30, 2018
Typically what happens is 24hrs later when the weather is hot, windy with low humidity these ingredients trigger the smoldering lightning strike that lay idle to erupt into a fire. We were very very lucky for many reasons. pic.twitter.com/VdfFcpw12w
— Greg Norman (@SharkGregNorman) July 30, 2018
There was an incredible team of men and women on the ground and in the air. We had a spotter plane high above vectoring a heavy jet plus two smaller planes dropping fire retardant then there was the chinook heli team plus a A-Star heli with buckets dropping water. pic.twitter.com/rP1okxlFY0
— Greg Norman (@SharkGregNorman) July 30, 2018
The Chinook dropped a 1000gals at a time. On the ground there were teams for in State and out of State. Volunteers and professionals. My family and I cannot thank them enough for their bravery and efforts yesterday. pic.twitter.com/8jh5AEiLN7
— Greg Norman (@SharkGregNorman) July 30, 2018
