We're starting here with some smaller burns and then progressively move across the landscape until we get the whole thing taken care of. In early October, the Forest Service staff burned two sections of blown-down timber near northeast Minnesota's Gunflint Trail. They found some of the trees blown down in the same 1999 storm burned hotter than expected. The Snowbank will provide more information as the Forest Service prepares even larger fires of 1,000 acres or more. A few area residents have gathered to witness the fire.
Some folks are concerned about the prescribed fire.
It was a prescribed burn that got out of control in New Mexico, incinerating thousands of acres. For this burn, firefighters take to boats. Small float planes are soon circling above, to keep an eye on the fire, and to help douse any hot spots should the fire get away. This fire starts from the air too. Soon, flaming gasoline is falling from the barrel and orange flames begin exploding in the aspen and pines.