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SOUTH JORDAN -- A few horse owners spent the night at the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park after a wildfire in Herriman forced them to evacuate.
Susan Tibbits said, "My horses are here, and what else am I going to do with these animals?"
She said it wasn't easy gathering up her four horses to transport to the park at at 2051 W. 11400 South.
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Firefighters worked Monday morning to control flames from a large wildfire that burned four houses and 10,000 acres, forced the evacuation of 1,652 homes and closed seven schools in Herriman."The ones that are hard to load are always hard to load. And it was kind of lucky we got the cats we got. We put the dogs in crates that we could get our hands on," she said.
She said the cats kept her up most of the night.
Tom Baker wasn't going to leave his home with his horses but state troopers forced him to evacuate early Monday morning. He said he was ready.
"Got the horses ready, got the halters on them. I was just anticipating the worst," he said.
He didn't think the fire would get close to his home and he wishes he would have stayed.
A total of 89 horses spent the night at the equestrian center.
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