The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[ezdays]

We get a lot of the same here. People burning debris piles mostly. Now there's nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is that they try doing it on windy days or when it's real dry or both. One case involved a guy burning a pile of old old hay. He did it on a day when it was 97 degrees, no rain for weeks and there was a good 20mph wind. He burned the hay alright. He also burned three pastures, a corn field, two tractors, five cars, a barn and his neighbors house. Surprisingly he didn't get the dumbbell award. that went to the guy who parked his truck in a field of high grass. The catalytic converter set the grass on fire and resulted in not only the truck being burned but almost half an RV park as well.

Around here, people go into the woods to camp, start a campfire and set the whole forest on fire because they don't know how to start or put out a fire safely. We had one fire recently by someone doing target shooting in the woods, and a few by lost individuals starting "signal" fires to be found. We've had several set intentionally, one by a part-time firefighter who thought he'd get some work. He's working all right, probably in the prison laundry or mopping floors for the next 20 years or so. Even in the desert areas of Arizona, there is a lot of brush, trees and cactus that can spread quickly when a fire starts.

BTW. burning debris is illegal in most places in our state for that very reason.