In case you have heard there is another fire by Yarnell. It is about 6 miles east of Yarnell, 7 miles north of Stanton and about 12 miles south of Wilhoit.
The fire at Yarnell started on the other side of the mountain from Yarnell on BLM land and when it burned over the mountain close to Yarnell, fire departments from 3 different towns tried to put it out but were stoped by the BLM. They said let it burn itself out. They never even tried to stop it. When the winds picked up, ( like they always do here) the fire was unstopable. Results of BLM policy was 19 dead fire fighters and almost 100 homes lost.
The new fire is in wilderness area much more rugged than by Yarnell. A good portion of it leased to ranchers for grazing. 800 acres yesterday.
Phillip and I went down to the river yesterday. This spot only 6 miles or so as the crow flies from the fire that is on the other side of the mountain so we couldn't see it. What we did see was tankers comming to fill up from the river where we sat. Fire trucks from as far away as Pheonix, USFS mobile bathrooms, mobile kitchens, porta-potties, many many USFS vihicles pulling trailers with big off road rigs on them, military tank trucks with loaded with desiel, Gas tank trucks, law enforcement, USFS fire trucks, buses loaded with fire fighters, one of the biggest trackhoes I have ever seen, plus a lot of vehicles we didn't quite make out because they went across the bridge and not down across the river at the crossing for vehicles over 10 ton where we were. We didn't get to soak our feet but we did see a lot of stuff that was never used at the Yarnell fire. Makes one wonder why here? There are some big ranches not far from the fire but the only town
is across the river on this side and Stanton on the other side. Maybe the BLM had a change of heart? Who knows. Looks like maybe rain today. looked that way yesterday too but none here, just at Prescott. I have heard thunder in the distance already so need to get off the puter.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it.
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