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Pains Bay Fire Photo Gallery 1
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Water pumps at work. Large areas of fire burning in organic soils mean the ground has to be saturated to completely extinguish hot spots.
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"Superfog" event at morning briefing. This combination of fog and smoke makes driving extremely hazardous.
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Plowing units creating a fire break; an area cleared of fire fuels designed to prevent the blaze from spreading further.
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The shearing effect of this smoke column is caused by the smoke reaching a layer of warmer air beyond which it cannot rise.
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A sawyer at work. Upright dead trees, known as "snags" present one of the biggest dangers for firefighters in the woods.
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The fire spread from the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge to the US Navy's Dare Bombing Range, an area for which the NCFS has fire control responsibility.
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Trees with their root systems exposed as organic soils have burned away. They are extremely hazardous to firefighters. These have been marked for removal.
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Local residents gathered for a community meeting. Such meetings are a good opportunity for the NCFS to relay information about the fire and for citizens to relay their concerns.
This page updated: Friday, January 13, 2017 15:33