Show I Add to Fire Defense Defenses I About O mile miles nilles of lines truck trills trails and perms perma permanent nent lire fire defenses were ere built In the national forests by the Civilian Con corps In the toe last 3 Seat In more thin than miles haH hae I been completed by men employed with I th P 1 W A funds fonds Workers corkers on these and other jo jobs e also helped to check outbreaks of fire Ire Along with wIlli c e drouth l 1034 34 brought an nn unusual number of dry thunderstorms in the western st Ites starting hundreds of lightning fires In the thc forests Following the storms dr drying Ing winds whipped time the glowing snags Into laming flaming torches which spread the lames James far and wide A total of 0 tIres fires brol e c out In the they national forests up to September C 10 this year compared with wIlli for forthe the thc same period In l 1931 and an av average average of j 07 for the past three 3 cars Fifty per cent of this sea season season son s fires were min man caused |