A sign damaged by the Bootleg Fire stands among the haze on Thursday, July 22, 2021, near Paisley, Ore.
Jacobsen declined to release the extent of the firefighters’ injuries but said they were still being evaluated and treated Friday. The firefighters included three U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crew members from North Dakota and two USDA Forest Service firefighters from New Mexico. The fire, which was ignited by lightning, had been expanding by up to 4 miles a day, pushed by strong winds and critically dry weather.
The Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe has now burned more than 92 square miles of timber and head-high chaparral of mostly national forest land, fire officials said Friday.
But watch out for burning grasshoppers!
They shudda raked the forest!
Very sad
These are the districts that voted for a kook who asked them to “rake” the forest to prevent these fires.
What is the difference between a house and a home?
this is terrible news
Stop protecting the wealthy suburbs.