Rotan Gets Evacuated...and I'm Right in the Middle of it!

I was alone while shooting all this. I was sent to get fresh fire video. The wind changed, sending the fire straight toward Rotan. The evacuation order happened right as I got into town. It presented a unique opportunity to show it as it was happening. Normally the town is already closed down by the time we get there. I've allowed some of the video to roll RAW, so there are long clips between narration and a lot of shaky shots. Hopefully it will give you a sense of what it was REALLY like in Rotan that night. I was also working VERY quickly to get enough to tell the story but get out of town before the fire got there.