Fire tradgey in SD

SDJIM

SDJIM

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It's South Dakotas turn for the forrest fire outbreak
Late today a C-130 outfitted for retardant drops crashed fighting the White Draw Fire in SW SD about 20 miles south of my house 2 survive but 4 are missing---a very sad day indeed:(
 
UGUIDE said:
Yes very sad. Those firefighters are heroes. We will pray for their families.

What is the fire situation like out there? I know they have a lot of prime combustible material with all the pine beetle infestation.
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The fire danger is growing worse almost daily, fires start easily and grow very fast and are resistant to controll. There was a thunder storm late yesterday in the area of the fire the plane that crashed was fighting and now there are two fires about 5 miles apart--the new one is already 150 acres

Newcastle WY just across the SD border 37 miles west of me has a 5000 acre plus fire 2 miles out of town and Newcastle may have to be evacuated.

A housing developement 4 to 6 miles inside the SD border on US 16 (about 15 miles east of Newcastle WY ) had a fire start yesterday and at least 4 and likely a lot more homes burned and the fire is out of controll.

We have 5 to 10 alarms everyday --some false but to many are real ---our local fire crews both VFD and the USFS get most of them out when they are small-- less that a couple of acres.

I'm very concerned that with the combination of hot dry weather--fire fighting resources streached thin--and the Pine Beetle killed forrest in the Black Hills is going to lead to a BAD FIRE SEASON.

I hate being so negative about it but------:(
 
Jim, it was just a matter of time before the bomb went off. Same thing happened in Boundary waters recently.

Foresters did a good job to get the fuel away from buildings and mitigate the risk a little.

Nature has its way and what looks bad now may be beautiful in the not too distant future.
 
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