VIDEO: One year ago, the Bighorn Fire was tearing across the Catalina Mountains and closing in on Mt. Lemmon and Summerhaven.
What a difference a year makes for Mt. Lemmon General Store owner Grey Carpenter.
"Just a little close for comfort," recalled Carpenter after a narrow escape from the flames last June 17.
On that mid-June day, Carpenter had decided to stay behind after evacuation orders had been posted the day before. "My wife and son left when the evacuation order was issued," said Carpenter. "I stayed behind to hopefully stay open for the firefighters and kind of take care of people while they were here."
But after just one day of helping those that stayed behind, things changed dramatically.