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Show ' CARELESSNESS WITH FIRES FIRESCAN FIREi-CAN FIREi CAN - , CAN BE E.PENSIVEFires EXPENSIVE E\.PENSIVE E.PENSIVE E .PENSIVE PENSIVE EXPENSIVEFires ' \ . Fires set for the put puipose pose of ofclearmg oclearing I E.PENSIVEI clearmg land if 1f carelessly han handIed handied dIed can cost one a 'ConsIderable ConsIderable 'ConsIderableamount ' considerabliamount amount of money according accordmg to toJ tiJ J Whitney Floyd chief fores forester forester ter firewarden flrewarden fo " ' ' Utah One Oneman Oneman man in m Wasatch county mtend mtended intended ed to burn only a pile of brush brushH brushHe H set it afire and watched It Itburn itburn burn down to gray ashes Thmk Thmkmg Thinking [ mg it safe he left it The wmd wmdame windame ame up It took 150 men two twodays twodays days and one night mght to bring brmg the thefire thefire fire under control The sup suppression pres presslon slon costs COSt6 paid by the landown landowner er who set the fire came to to$1400 to1400 $1400 1400 $ Bes des this thlS amount he hehas hehas has several miles of fence to torebuild , rebuIld for his neighbors nelghborl neighborsAnother ! ' Another fire started acel aceldentally acc'identally accidentally ' dentally as a result nelghborlI of lightinga lIghtmga lIghtmg I a cigarette ' cost 'Cost the smoker smoker$175 smoker175 $175 175 costsandjhe $ in m suppression costs--andj costs andj costs - andhe he worked hard from the mm mmute mmute ute the fire started until it was wasbrought wasbrought I brought under control by him himself himself self and a group of volunteers volunteersA A permitted fire in Summit Summitcounty Summitcounty county jumped the plowed t f re rehne reline hne previously bu built t around the area intended mtE'nded mtEnded ' to be burned burnedSuppressIOn burnedSuppression SuppressIOn costs paid by the thelandowner thelandowner landowner who set the fire fireame fireame ame to $400These $400 400 $400These $ These three incidents mCldents states statesMr statesMr Mr Floyd which occurred occurredwlthm occurredwithin wlthm a radius of 2 2a : > miles and andwIth andwith wIth n a three weeks period periodshould periodshould should remind remmd anyone who de desires desires sires to burn that fire is deI a atreacherous atreacherous I treacherous tool and results resultscan resultscan can cost more than any possible possiblevalue possiblevalue value from burning Be carefulwfih careful carefulwith with wfih fire A fire is never safe safeuntll safeuntil untll it is dead out |