Yesterday was a good day on the fire line. The winds died down a bunch and they changed directions blowing backwards towards the areas that were already burnt, which allowed the fire fighters to gain 40% containment. Now to the bad news, when the fire jumped the highway in two locations on Father’s Day we lost 4 more businesses and 14 more homes, bringing the total amount of structures to around 60.
I got to give these Fire Fighters mad props! They really know how to build fire lines and set back burns in just the right places. And those pilots flying the bombers are like surgeons with that slurry. It truly is amazing to watch these guys and gals do their thing. I know how hard there job is; I was a Fire Fighter in Maryland. A structure in an urban environment is nowhere near the same thing as wild land fires.
Yes we have lost over 50 homes and 10 Businesses but without the fantastic folks we have out here I can guaranty that we would have lost several hundred homes, if not a few thousand. I don’t know how else to explain it. The area that burnt on Father’s Day has houses that are on 1 to 4 acre lots so they are spread out a bit. The burn zone covered about 2000 acres so that has to be at least 500 homes (and that’s if they are all on 4 acre plots) and the fire crews forced the flames to weave in and out of the houses and managed to only lose 14 of them.
Now we just need this wind to go away for a few more days so we can knock this bad boy out.
