In a matter of hours, the Butte Fire of 2015 burned thousands of acres and everything in it’s path for 20 miles. With only minutes to spare the author managed to evacuate most of their animals. At the Rescue Ranch, the horses broke down the livestock gate and escaped into miles of river canyon wilderness, with the help of her little dog, the horses were found. But how she rescued them alone in the smokey remote river canyon is a harrowing tale of perseverance.