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sparing a cabin next door.

“Anyone that has hiked the Blue Ridge landmark, Old Rag Mountain, would certainly recognize the last cabin on the right before you enter the National Park,” said Barbara Auchter of Washington, who along with Marianne Clyde of Tokyo, Japan were sightseeing, had a camera with them, and took photos of the fire.

“I was driving to the base of Old Rag Mountain to show my friend, Marianne, how to access the trail,” said Auchter. “As we were coming out of the park, we noticed the smoke and immediately the flames.”

“With a split decision, we drove past the fire to the nearest house,” said Auchter. “We knocked on the door and asked if they could call 911 and tell them that the house next door was in flames.”

Auchter and Clyde then returned to the scene of the fire where a neighbor was assisting Frances Dodson out of the trailer.

' Dodson, who was struggling to catch her breath and had soot marks on her hands, asked for her oxygen tank which was in the cabin. The neighbor entered the cabin to retrieve it.

With the tank barely out of the

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