VIDEO: On June 16, Stacey Cochran and his family had to leave their home because of the Bighorn Fire, but this week, they finally got the chance to return.
“I had prepped our house for a solid week. Moving all furniture to the interior of the home, moving all draperies away from windows, working very hard outside to fire proof landscape outside as much as possible," said Cochran.
For more than three weeks, Cochran, his family, and dozens of others who call Summerhaven home watched, waited and hoped their homes would survive the fire.
“I recognize I can’t stop a wildfire, this is something that’s beyond my control and so I have to leave it to the experts, to the officials to do what they have to do," he said.
Cochran said his concern over the fire was so big he decided to get his family out of southern Arizona for a few days.