COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Mountain Shadows residents are reacting to the Colorado Springs Independent's article "Misfire."

In July Pam Zubeck, a reporter with the Indy, began looking into how the city handled the evacuation and management of the Waldo Canyon Fire.

What she found is not sitting well with some Mountain Shadows residents who lost their homes in the fire.

The report was largely based on duty reports written by firefighters battling the fire.

The article said the city was given ample warning the fire could move into the city, but evacuation orders were given to late.

Dr. Mary Harrow was featured in the article. She lost her home on Brogans Bluff Drive.

FOX21 sat down with her on Wednesday to get her reaction to Zubeck's story.

"It was about two o'clock in the afternoon by then and I was just exhausted, so I decided to take a little nap," Harrow said. "I woke up to the wind rattling the windows...so I thought 'I better check what is going on.'"

She said she quickly walked outside to find fire on the hill near her home. The time was 5:30 p.m.

"When I come down my street Brogans Bluff to Flying W Ranch I see nine firetrucks loaded with firefighters, and my first thought was 'Hey the fire is this way I can see it,'" Harrow said. " My second response was 'Better run for you lives, this is not a normal fire.'"

Harrow believes her street, and home, went up in flames just an hour later at 6:30 p.m.

Along with all her belongings, she also lost one of her cats in the fire.

"I think people are angry that they never had the opportunity to really go around and collect their things," she said.

As for why she participated in the Independent's article, Harrow said she is frustrated with the "evacuation" or "lack of evacuation" of the upper Mountain Shadows area.

"We just basically were not evacuated, to know that the north, east and south were evacuated did make any sense to me," Harrow said. "We were not evacuated in the west and the fire was in the west, and so when I have asked the mayor about that he said that he was getting pressure from the neighbors, well public pressure is one thing but public safety is really what the question is here."

Harrow hopes the article leads to "truth and integrity" from city leaders.

She said this is not about the individual firefighters and police officers who worked tirelessly during the wildfire.

"Everybody was waiting saying 'It is federal land, county land, state and coordination problems,' and the police and firefighters know how to save lives," Harrow said. "I think they would have done it totally different if they were given the opportunity to do what they do best, save lives."

In the end Harrow said the main focus should be on William and Barbara Everett, the couple who lost their lives in the fire.

"My perspective of human life is high, and I think it is a crime they are no longer with us," she said.

As of Wednesday evening the city, and Mayor Steve Bach's office, had not released a statement to the Indy in response to the paper's article.