For the next couple of months, until it starts to rain, we [have] got to be extra careful in the woods.
Scott Peterich
It's bad enough that just natural fires or accidents or things that happen without anything intentional happening. In this case, there was one mobile home in the area that we made sure was secure and safe, but you know, it endangers our personnel. They're out there in a wildfire situation, and the winds change.
change home bad safe things natural made accidents situation mobile
We have the potential to have a significantly more active fire season.. Than we have seen in the past three years.
past potential fire active
rain woods
It's a situation that normally healthy trees were blown down, leaving debris there rotting. Instead of the normal tree branches, we now have trees on the ground.
leaving healthy trees normal tree situation
It's a danger we haven't seen in years.
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When a fire goes into the wind, it's called a backfire. This is a slow backfire. It just creeps along?slowly to the west.
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If you go outside and dig down 8 inches and have pure sand that's where our fires occur. The plants are stressed, the ground is dry and we get these windy days. What could be a little fire could turn into a big fire quickly.
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It's a lot easier to start a fire right now.
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We're calling it the Corbett Trail One Fire.
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The winds aren't helping, and I guess it's forecasted to be windy again tomorrow and dry.
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