The holiday weekend has been devastating for the Bear River Lake Resort after losing its entire lodge to a fire early Sunday morning. Everyone was able to get out safely, but the loss is affecting campers who see it as their own community, according to ABC10.
They’re crediting the quick work of Amador (Calif.) firefighters and a recent soaking rain as the reasons the surrounding trees didn’t catch fire and make things much worse.
Ashes and burnt objects are all that’s left of the popular resort lodge.
“(We’ve) never had anything like this happen to us before. I feel like our 30 years is down the drain,” said Bear River Lake Resort co-owner Janette Frazier.
Frazier has poured her heart and soul into the campgrounds for decades. It took a matter of minutes around 2 a.m. Sunday for it to be destroyed.
