On Tuesday, June 28th, lightning started a small duff fire just off the Pine Orchard trail near Pumpkin Hollow Rd. in Wells. The fire was discovered late the next day and assessed by a NYSP Helicopter that evening. Forest Rangers began to fight it on the 30th, staging out of the PHR trailhead.
The Rangers swung into full gear on the 4th of July weekend. While we were enjoying the holiday weekend, these awesome folks spent long days in the hot, bug infested woods putting out a tough fire.
While the fire size wasn't that large, maybe an acre or two, they had seven trucks, multiple ATV's and a helicopter supporting a full crew. Tredhed talked to them as they were wrapping up on Thursday and the Rangers said they turned the duff by hand and wet it down with Indian Pumps filled from a temporary dam they built on the Coulombe Creek.
Tredhed hiked into the site after the Rangers had left and said there really wasn't much there. They cleared the snowmobile trail to support their ATVs and equipment and built a temporary trail down to the fire site and Coulombe Creek.
My hats off to the Rangers who fought this fire. Duff fires are tough! Hopefully Tredhed will chime in with some more info once he returns from the Hamilton County Mosquito Preserve later this weekend.
The Rangers swung into full gear on the 4th of July weekend. While we were enjoying the holiday weekend, these awesome folks spent long days in the hot, bug infested woods putting out a tough fire.
While the fire size wasn't that large, maybe an acre or two, they had seven trucks, multiple ATV's and a helicopter supporting a full crew. Tredhed talked to them as they were wrapping up on Thursday and the Rangers said they turned the duff by hand and wet it down with Indian Pumps filled from a temporary dam they built on the Coulombe Creek.
Tredhed hiked into the site after the Rangers had left and said there really wasn't much there. They cleared the snowmobile trail to support their ATVs and equipment and built a temporary trail down to the fire site and Coulombe Creek.
My hats off to the Rangers who fought this fire. Duff fires are tough! Hopefully Tredhed will chime in with some more info once he returns from the Hamilton County Mosquito Preserve later this weekend.
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