Remote blazes pose challenge for firefighters
Mail Tribune
Medford, Oregon
July 16, 2001
Lightning strikes ignited 10 small fires in Crater Lake National Park recently, but the remoteness of some is making it difficult for crews to put them out.
“It’s a four-hour hike in and a four-hour hike out,” said Michelle Tanzi, incident commander for the U.S. Forest Service. “It takes eight hours of hiking to do four hours of work.”
Many of these fires, the largest of which was a quarter acre, have only been discovered in the past two days because of hazy conditions. “Some of these fires were so small they would kind of dissipate in the tree line,” she said.
Tanzi said six of the fires have been controlled or extinguished.
“We received some precipitation and the relative humidity has been in the 80-percent range,” she said.
Tanzi said the fires should all be out in the next day or so as Southern Oregon weather dries but turns cooler.
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- 6,500 feet up and 16 feet deep: when you work at Crater Lake, the snowfall comes with the territory – December 20, 2001
- An island in the sky – December 18, 2001
- Gerald L. ‘Gary’ Hathaway – December 12, 2001
- Obituary: Carl Fredrick Wilson – December 09, 2001
- Manager John Miele to retire from Crater Lake – November 27, 2001
- Friends of Crater Lake – November 18, 2001
- Four firms seek Crater Lake Park’s concession contract – October 31, 2001
- Forest agencies plan underburns – October 25, 2001
- Crater Lake Friends will hold meeting on Saturday: Watchman restaurant to host meeting – October 03, 2001
- Deep pockets needed: New Crater Lake concessionaire must share commitment to de-commercializing the park – October, 2001
- Snorkeling the deep blue at Crater Lake – September 22, 2001
- Crews work to snuff 100+ fires – September 19, 2001
- Firefighters mop up blazes from thunderstorm – September 18, 2001
- Crater Lake stories featured in Shaw Library book – September 17, 2001
- Obituary: Wayne R. Golec – September 10, 2001
- Crater Lake run part of Williams’ rich existence – August 15, 2001
- New work gives old look to Crater Lake buildings – July 23, 2001
- Crater Lake project restores purpose to Rim Village sites – July 1, 2001
- New Maps/Report by USGS Scientists show underwater features of Crater Lake in unprecedented detail – June 1, 2001
- Crater Lake National Park sets north entrance opening date – April 12, 2001
- Ideas sought on Crater Lake Plan – April 04, 2001
- Crater Lake was crossed much earlier, by George – April 01, 2001
- Big bash planned at park in 2002 Crater Lake National Park will hold a birthday party…and you’re invited! – March 23, 2001
- New plates would celebrate Crater Lake – March 05, 2001
- Park Service staff to teach students – February 16, 2001
- Dry times ahead: Snowpack is down, and fears surface over water supply – February 1, 2001
- Paul Fritz left a unique legacy for the Park Service – January 29, 2001
- Crater Lake’s future to get a management plan – January 22, 2001
- Hatfield to chair Crater Lake festivities – January 05, 2001
