Weds., Sept. 7, 1988
(NPS Photo)
These efforts may well have played a large part in saving the Old Faithful Inn. When the North Fork fire stormed through not long after this photo was taken, embers alighted on the Inn's shingled roof. Some of the Inn's employees helped in the effort by climbing on the roof and dashing out flames with brooms and other objects.
Perhaps an even greater force played a part in saving the Old Faithful Inn as the direction of the wind suddenly changed soon before reaching the building, sending the firestorm on a less destructive course.