Posted by Janicholson on December 13, 2023 at 08:38:09 from (24.240.46.228):
In Reply to: Re: A fire is Big news posted by dhermesc on December 13, 2023 at 06:23:34:
The volunteer department should have quenched the stump hot spot. Leaving embers is not fire suppression. So, though it is spilled milk on the barn floor, there is fault. Lightning started a fire in a hollow snag tree in river bottom land with a very convoluted path to get to the location. I got dressed while my wife called it in. The surrounding grass was dry and had started to burn in a ring around the tree. There was about 30 acres of meadow with a fire path onto my property. I put on boots and grabbed a spade. My home was 175 feet above the fire, and 1200 feet west. I made my way down the bentonite slopes (sliding on the muddy bare surface) and made my way to the fire. I used the shovel to tamp out the fire by cutting a short grass free line, then tamping around the perimeter till it was out. The fire department brought trucks out in 20 minutes, and they were not going to make it down the embankment even with the landowners direction. They came to my house and talked to my wife who showed them the fire and what I was doing. They watched!! I then dug/scraped a shallow trench around the tree at the perimeter at the fire extent. I waited until a burning top piece of the tree fell and stayed within the ring. I put it out as the rain became stronger. I made it back home using a less muddy indirect path. I was just caked with white clay. The fire department had gone home 10 minutes before I got back up the bank. The snag was still smoking the next morning. but additional rain put it out. Only the owner thanked me for doing reasonable response to a potential event. Jim
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