Carlos Avery Fire

Posted by Rich

Max and I saw smoke up to the NE of where we live on the way home tonight. Decided to do a detour to check it out. Very windy day, red flag warnings out to the west. The fire ended up being a little further than we expected. All the way up in the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area.  By the time we got there the smoke was thinning out a little.  Saw the police and reserves going door to door in the area just to the south of the park asking residents to keep an eye on the fire. Accidently got on the backside of the barracades, made a hasty exit to the south to get clear of the fire area.

Unfortunately we found out later that a fireman had been arrested for starting the fire by shooting fireworks into the ditch from his vehicle.

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