More pictures from the Donnelly Dome Fire - June 1999 |
Thanks to Reb Ferguson for the |
More pictures from the Donnelly Dome Fire - June 1999 |
Thanks to Reb Ferguson for the |
| Defending structures... | |
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Reb Ferguson standing on Waldo's driveway with fire creeping around the corner. |
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Same place; fire getting closer. |
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The wall of flame roars by... |
| Meanwhile, out on the highway.... | |
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..... tourists are stopped on the Richardson Highway as the fire rages nearby. |
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Firestorm over the Richardson Highway |
| Retardant bombers slow the advance of the fire.... | |
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Retardant bomber just before the load is released |
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Orange retardant gushes from the belly of the bomber making forest fuels burn poorly. The bomber is just visible at the right edge of the plume of retardant. |
| ...while smokejumpers and ground attack crews hammer relentlessly on spot fires | |
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Smoke jumpers used specialized parachutes for pin-point landings in critical areas of the fire. |
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Delta Forestry crews hit spot fires wherever
they popped up, halting the spread of the fire, or slowing fast-spreading tongues of fire. << Pictures page 1
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