Truckee controlled burn becomes uncontrolled fire
What started as a controlled burn in Truckee on Monday caused some concern when it got out of control.
Truckee firefighters along with U.S. Forest Service, Calfire, and Northstar Fire responded to a controlled burn that got away with the approaching winds. High winds threatened one structure after fanning the flames. No structures were lost or damaged and the April 13 fire was limited to 2 acres, according to fire officials on scene.
“Please be vigilant in watching the weather changes while conducting any burning activities. Severe drought conditions will limit burning this spring,” Truckee fire officials said in a statement.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Because the EPA gets to determine what constitutes an acceptable “burn day”, and it’s always days with windy conditions.
Your tax dollars at work.
So Dog, it’s the fault of the EPA because some idiot landowner started a controlled burn on a NOAA issued red flag day (a warning to NOT burn due to possible high winds)?
All bow to the Finger pointer extraordinar, the knows all of everything and its all bad…
Dog, you cant burn when there is no wind because the fire wont carry.
Ignorant in the extreme…….
Yesterday’s status was OK to burn till about 10 am when they changed their minds. I doubt they phoned everybody to let them know the status had changed.
Is everything a government conspiracy to this dog person? It makes for a good morning laugh.
I am afraid this year we are going to read this headline too many times. I have no faith in the science behind this “controlled burn” practice.
Blaming the fed gubmint EPA for this human error accident is pathetic-thankfully only minor damage-always wrong-but never in doubt
Arod, the USFS has burned thousands and thousands of acres, and just like this case, no property has been damaged….
….but you just don’t trust them….
What then would it take, if burning over 10,000 acres without mishap wont do it, what will?
So a controlled fire becomes a wildfire set by the USFS?… How convienent!
Sounds likes a make work project to me. Logging the forest and sell off the trees. Then do burns and call in the USFS and other local agencies to put the fires out aoout the area in the forest that they set afire. Replant trees and start all over again
A sweet deal! OLS
Old Long Skis, this was NOT a USFS burn. It was a private citizen.
The USFS is allowing burns during our 4th year of drought by a private citizen? Then it turns into a “unctrolled fire”?
I’m told not to have a campfire in the vacant lot next door by the garden, yet other folks can set the forest on fire and that’s okay.
Crazy world, OLS
OLS, the problem is you are supposed to burn and clean up BEFORE the drought happens. All these people see that the fire danger is high, and decide it’s time to do some fuel reduction, but they don’t realize that it’s way too late, and burning right now is more likely to start a fire than prevent one. The key is to be proactive, not reactive. Anticipate a drought and prepare ahead of time.
I think that there needs to be way more supervision for these private burns, especially in these conditions. There are always morons out there who will never fail to create a problem unless there’s really strict rules.
greengrass
greengrass, im confused, if the goverment cant predict a drought or how long it will last, how is the normal person suppost to predict this? Some think we will always be in a drought.
You don’t have to predict when a drought will happen, but you need to anticipate the possibility of one happening. Basically, don’t put off your fuel reduction. Make sure you’re always in good shape in case a drought or a wildfire comes along.
Greengrass, Yes, one should clean up an remove flammables around their property, espically during drought years. Pine needles and cones, broken branches, scraps of old lumber, firewood too close to the house.
We are in a drought! Be fire safe!Take care , OLS
I think it’s the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that makes the decisions about burning, not the EPA. Either way it’s stupid. Only the local fire dept. should be able to decide about burn days.