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Washington fires
- Thread starter Thefishguy77
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Santa
Red Skull Member
TrikeKid
Junk Hoarder
Sumner/Bonney lake fire is up to 150 acres.
Alpine4x4
Red Skull Member
Pearl Hill/Cold Springs is over 340,000ac now. 97 has finally opened up north of Brewster. The Old Mill in Omak burnt down yesterday, pretty surreal to see a complex of that size go up in flames.
KarlVP
Not Sure
They are doing a fantastic job fighting the fire near Sumner.
Is it just me or does the fire seem to be following under the high voltage power lines that they work so hard to keep trees and such out of. I wonder if all the years tree work/brush work contributed to leaving a bed of tinder for the fire to race through.
Is it just me or does the fire seem to be following under the high voltage power lines that they work so hard to keep trees and such out of. I wonder if all the years tree work/brush work contributed to leaving a bed of tinder for the fire to race through.
Santa
Red Skull Member
Here in cali there is an actual specification for how the tree trimmings have to be treated/cut and stacked by the maintenance companies.
Basically they are not allowed to leave giant brush piles. It all has to be cut to a certain length and piles have to be a certain size and distance apart.
Property owners can also request they do something else, we had them chip everything they cut under the 65kv lines that run through one of our facilities and spread them. It was recommended by one of our arborists. YMMV
Jwredneck
Red Skull Member
They arrested a guy starting a fire just SW of Sumner this afternoon.
Thefishguy77
Part time dumbass
I think well over half of these fires are arsonists started.
TrikeKid
Junk Hoarder
Way too many at once in places that would be convenient to set one for them to not be mad made. Don't even have to slow down or stop to set the side of the freeway on fire.
DWT
Dirty White Trash
Talked to my brother today, he's home for tomorrow and then likely headed for white pass Thursday morning for another 14 day hitch. He says they've actually had some straight up action and not the normal clean up duty that they usually get tasked with on state fires. I'm sure I'll get some stories out of him next time we meet up.
NW CJ5
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I have a camp trailer at the Cove Resort down on Rimrock Lake. I guess everyone got evacuated today.
DWT
Dirty White Trash
If you need it moved and stored I can get it to a friend's secure storage yard in moxee.
Thefishguy77
Part time dumbass
NW CJ5
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Thefishguy77
Part time dumbass
I heard different from someone who was stuck in the crash line. They crashed and the car burned. After it burned out the fire department was waiting for and looking for embers. Saw nothing. 24hr later it light up. Embers can sit like that for days in the right conditions. But the car for sure burned up.
edit: The witness we know of to this was in. the traffic back up like 4 cars back and her husband is a USFS wildfire firefighter team leader. I definitely believe her.
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Alpine4x4
Red Skull Member
Just some photos I took as I drove up to Oroville this last weekend. The devastation is surreal. Quite a few homes lost along the highway and many many vehicles gone. Power lines, rail road, and guard rails burned up everywhere.
