Show add to fire defense defenses about 20 in les of coment nici mei tion lines truck tra Is an I 1 penna perma nent file the defenses built in the nat riat onal forests by the civilian con ser se nation corps in the last year in add tion more than 10 miles hae liane leen teen completed by men employed with I 1 W A funds workers on these and other jobs also helped to cheal outbreaks of fire along with excessive drouth 1934 brought an unusual number of dry thunderstorms in the western states stait n hundreds eds of I 1 fires in the forests lol following lowing the storms drying winds wh aped tl e glowing snags into flaming torches which spread pread tl ti e flames far and wide A total of 9 fires broke out in the national forests up to september 10 this bear ear complied with for he same period in 1931 and an av of 5 for the past three scars cars fifty per cent of this sea son sons s fires w mere ere man caused |