Pilot Mountain fire…
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I live 7 miles from it and seen it blazing last night. It is real smokey around pilot and pinnacle
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You folks be careful up there!
200 acres burned and 30 fire fighters now on the mountain. DOT has placed signs on hwy 52 saying beware of heavy smoke.
It has burnt over 300 acres so far, they thought they would be able to contain it under 100 acres but that has failed due to the wind and dry conditions. They are hoping they can somehow contain it when it gets to the bottom so that houses are buildings are not lost. The flames are 3-5 ft in some places so it is a real issue at the moment how fast it is spreading.
Yeah hopefully. It's dry and windy up here too. I was up all night worrying about the pager going off haha.
Any word on the one in Watauga County? I saw about it yesterday but haven't heard much else.
If they issue an air quality warning it might.
They may be practicing elsewhere this week.
Thunder, that one is in a very remote area right on the Wilkes/Watauga line, Last I had heard was it still wasn't contained, and crews were having a hard time getting in there to it. With as dry as it has been and 30 mph wind guts today I would say that one will burn a few hundred acres before they hopefully can get it contained. I worked for the BLM my freshman year of college, great summer job, fighting fires in the west, and these things are no joke in dry and windy conditions.
That’s Great!!!!!!I dunno but you’d think he’d be out there helping put it out
The good thing is they're treating it as a controlled burn now and it will replace a prescribed fire for next year.