Show forest supervisor issues fire warning the forest fire reason season is is approaching pro aching very rapidly and all indications at this time point to a rather bad fire season due to drouth 1 conditions this statement was issued during the week by dixie forest supervisor blame blaine betenson who is urging all campers at this time of year to be more t wan cautious with fires already this year earlier than the fire season usually starts five fires have occurred on the dixie four of these were man caused fires and could have been prevented the fifth was caused by lightening and was brought under control before much damage lart gc was done all these fires have been on private land within the forest boundary to date there is no honor in putting a fire out after it has gotten started says the supervisor the honor comes in preventing fires I 1 an over abundance 0 bencat gr grass sa on the forest this year makes the hazard doubly great this grass is 13 1 ripening at this time of year and when ignited burns with such ra that it is almost impossible to stop it four of the fires to date have been in regions where there has been an abundance of this griss grass A fire which was near central V tah burned over fifty acres before I 1 boys could control it another burned over fifteen acres near enterprise ter prise not only cheat grass is dry at this time of the year but the forest as a whole A conflagration in on one 0 our heavy timber stands would burn over thousands of acres in a season like this so be sure you leave a dead camp lire fire break your match 1 6 es s in two before throwing them a way then throw alfe them in in a place where a fire possibly start and be sure your is thoroughly YA out and disintegrated before lip it A few simple precautions proy prey cautions now may save millions of dollars worth of damage to the tor ion ests they are your playgrounds playground and it is up to you to see that they ire are protected th the e forest fire score found on the bottom of this page will tell readers every week the latest fire news during the season as supplied by the forest service |