When Auburn resident, businessman and musician Tory Mayfield first heard about the Taylor Bridge fire – a now contained forest fire near Cle Elum that scorched more than 28,000 acres and destroyed 70 homes – he knew he had to do something.

On Sept. 7 the Liberty Theater in Puyallup will play host to the Benefit Rock Show and Donation Drive for NW Wildfire Relief, featuring six local bands playing to raise money for victims of the Taylor Bridge Fire.

Although the fire raged almost 100 miles from his home, Mayfield – a real estate agent with Keller Williams, founder of The Team That ROCKS! real estate group and drummer with local rock band High Noon Horizon – immediately leaped into action.

“When you hear about something like this it tugs on your heartstrings,” he said. “Then that is replaced by ‘how do I help?’ I knew we had to put something together quickly and do something before the media attention shifted to something else.”

Mayfield immediately lined up a knockout bill of local talent that includes his band, as well as Blue Helix, True Holland, To The Glorious Lonely, Big Wheel Stunt Show and From the Sea.

“People just jumped on board really quickly,” he said.

Mayfield said the historic Liberty Theater in downtown Puyallup was the first place he thought of when he started looking for a venue for the show.

“I thought this would be one of the most appropriate venues, and they instantly said yes,” he said.

After lining up the who and the where, Mayfield said, help continued to pour in.

“I didn’t expect it to get the momentum it did,” he said. “My company, Keller Williams, is all about helping people. They’re very involved in charity, and when I told them, they jumped on board immediately with monetary donations.”

In addition, Mayfield said, Alpine Mortgage in Auburn stepped up to provide $2,000.

“And Jägermeister has donated a case of Jäger, so half of every shot that is bought will go towards the donations,” he said.

Mayfield added that he’s courting several micro-breweries to donate kegs to the cause and has enlisted the help of Gallucci’s Catering.

“Why I am doing this is because it’s a fact that even though people care and feel for those affected by disaster, tragedy and hardship, that alone is not a call to action for the masses,” Mayfield said. “But creating an event through music and social interaction, within our own community that brings people together, enables us to be a part of something bigger than any one of us could do alone and within our individual means.

“We all know someone affected by the fires, we all heard about it or watched it, and it tugged at our heart strings, but most can’t just stop everything and go help put the fire out,” he continued. “But this night our community is going to help rebuild theirs.”

The first band takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at the theater, 116 W. Main St., Puyallup. Donations of $5 or more are suggested at the door.