Gee who'd a thunk it - Prescribed Burns work

[WolfBrother]

The story source - https://www.yahoo.com/news/fire-moved-around-success-story-100014230.html


First two paragraphs:

The Bootleg fire stampeded through southern Oregon so fiercely that it spit up thunderclouds. But when the flames approached the Sycan Marsh Preserve, a 30,000-acre wetland thick with ponderosa pines, something incredible happened.
 The flames weakened and the fire slowed down, allowing firefighters to move in and steer the blaze away from a critical research station.
 

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