We're really having to go and build a bigger box, where we can tie into existing roads and strengthen those lines with what we have available and with just how fast and extreme this fire's moving,' said Sweeney. So the idea of putting in some small hand lines and hoping that we can stop it. 'We have to be strategic, where we know we're gonna have success. The size of the fire, its extreme, erratic behavior, has sapped firefighting resources to the point where fire bosses have to be particularly strategic in how they put those resources to work, the ranger said. Nearly 6,000 firefighters - one of every four in the country, said Sweeney - were struggling to contain the blaze. As of Monday morning it was mapped at 569,707 acres with just 31 percent of its 490-mile-long perimeter considered contained. The Dixie Fire, which was spotted July 13, sparked from unknown origin, has been devastating. 'The strategy, the box that we built now, is for it to kind of go, and we're strengthening the lines on the north side of the park in the (national) forest where those roads already exist, where we have a better chance of putting in a containment line that would suppress it.' 'Right now, there's no place within (the park) where the fire is and the northern boundary to put in that (dozer) line,' park spokesman Kevin Sweeney said late Monday morning during a phone call.

Very little was standing in the way Monday of California's massive Dixie Fire, which was feasting on kiln-dry forests as it charred its way north through Lassen Volcanic National Park, skirting around lakes and to the east of the park's Fantastic Lava Beds.įire bosses hope dozer lines will slow the conflagration as it reaches the park's border with Lassen National Forest, though that remains to be seen. The red arrow shows its approximate path from the southern boundary to the southern edge of Butte Lake. The Dixie Fire was charring a south-to-north swath through Lassen Volcanic Park. Oil Trains Pose A Significant Threat To National Parks.The Care And Keeping Of History Within The National Park System.

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