Fire fighters love those Aspen tree stands !
"It has stalled for the moment on a ridge of aspen about a mile from the Paradise Acres subdivision, but we’re getting a pretty good flare-up on the northern flank right now and it could find a way to get around the ridge and double back toward the homes," fire information officer Karl Brauneis said.
"We don’t have the personnel to set a backfire in the meadow north of the subdivision to starve off the fire if it turns."
He said fire bosses are asking for additional crews to supplement the 283 firefighters currently on the lines.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4791013,00.html
One in Florida (late for them!)
New wildfire buring in western Broward
By DIANA MOSKOVITZ
dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com
West Broward County residents may see smoke and a glow in the distance because of another fire burning in the Everglades.
The new blazed, likely sparked by lightning yesterday, is covering about 2,750 acres between the Sawgrass Expressway and U.S. 27, near the Broward and Palm Beach County line, according to the Florida Division of Forestry.
No homes are in danger.
''When it gets up to a couple thousand acres, you get a pretty good glow. And it's growing,'' forestry officer David McCarty said.
Forestry officials are letting the fire burn because their equipment can't get to it. The fire is in a swampy area with a lot of muck, and the equipment would sink, McCarty said.
This fire comes near the end of wildfire season, when hot temperatures dry out the Everglades and there is little rainfall to put fires out. Several fires sent smoke and ash into western Broward last month.
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/14870884.htm