More than 200 people airlifted to safety as Creek Fire spreads in popular camping area of Sierra National Forest

KTLA ^ | 09/06/2020

[Rebelbase]

IIRC, about 400’ underground.

[Grampa Dave]

Bad enough in the day light with smoke. At night it is a freaking nightmare.

[Grampa Dave]

103 people on one CH 47 lift, freaking incredible!

[Grampa Dave]

Wow!

Thanks for sharing. Too close and too hot for me.

[AZJeep]

The environmentalists lawsuits basically stopped any logging or thinning in National forests. After Wallow fire in AZ 2011, which burned over 500,000 acres and destroyed much of property, the environmentalists apologized and decided to allow some fire prevention measures. However by that time all the lumber firms were driven out of business and there was nobody to actually carry the thinning! It is coming back now, but there is still lack of lumbering capacity and too much accumulated lumber to be thinned!
This winter was cold and rainy, all kind of grasses and flowers grew up and added tons of available fuel. Now all that stuff is on fire!

[Vaquero]

Indians cleared brush mostly with burns. Yellowstone fires were a blessing but too late. We must be stewards.