Two Santa Rosa honeymooners evacuated from the fires in Maui said the disaster brought back terrible memories of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, but noted their experience helped them survive the latest frightening ordeal.
Courtney Frazer and Aldo Vargas tied the knot at a local beach last Friday. They flew into Maui on Monday."It completely brought memories back from the 2017 fires," said Vargas.
"For me, I was really just trying to stay calm," recalled Frazer. "We were watching the fire from our hotel room. We took turn sleeping in the lobby since we couldn't get any information from the room.""With the high winds and with the experience from the Santa Rosa fires, we'd be much safer getting out of the area," said Frazer.
They and Santa Rosa firefighters said there are a lot of similarities between the Maui fires and the Tubbs Fire: both were wind-driven and destroyed densely populated neighborhoods. "What we want to be able to do is help those communities that unfortunately have gone through something similar to what we have, to learn from some of our mistakes, but also learn from what worked for us to help them on a path to hopefully a quick and expedient recovery," said Division Chief Lowenthal.
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