[SoWestLep] Garden Canyon update

[Hank Brodkin]

Mike et al:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but the final fire break to stop the fire will be Garden Canyon and Sawmill Canyon, unless by some miracle they can stop the fire at Ramsey Canyon (which they doubt they can do due the complex structure of that canyon).
Who knows how much damage a fire break 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide can do?  So keep your fingers crossed that any damage will not be that great and be only temporary.

Hank Brodkin

---- Mike Quinn <entomike at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Clips from "The [Sierra Vista] Herald"
> 
> Monument Fire on
> Sunday<http://svherald.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1271950&CategoryID=51479>
> Gallery of pix: http://bit.ly/mUmdAj
> 
> A couple of individual dramatic pix: http://bit.ly/krcfUU,
> http://bit.ly/ivIFf3
> 
> FIRES ON 2 FRONTS
> ANTELOPE FIRE: SPARK FROM BULLDOZER BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE ON FORT
> Sat, 06/18/2011 - 00:42
> ‎"The Antelope Fire, which started on Fort Huachuca at about 2 p.m. Friday,
> burned 2,400 acres in a short time, causing the evacuations of some city
> neighborhoods close to the post’s perimeter.
> 
> Garrison Commander Col. Timothy Faulkner said the cause was a spark from a
> bulldozer operation while making a fire break on the South Range, which is
> tinder-dry, causing the fire to rapidly grow."
> 
> http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/06/18/207437
> 
> --------
> 
> I believe the Antelope Fire was fairly quickly 100% contained. This is the
> fire that burned some of Lower Garden Canyon. Hopefully, Middle and Upper GC
> will be spared...
> 
> Mike Quinn, Austin
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> http://texasento.net
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Hank Brodkin <hbrodkin at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > To set the record straight - yes, backfires have gotten away before.
> >  However what caused  the Garden Canyon flareup was sparks from a bulldozer
> > being used to make a firebreak, part of the system that will, hopefully,
> > stop the fire's northward spread.  Small fires were started by bulldozer
> > activity that day in several places, so they started accompanying each dozer
> > operation with firefighters.
> >
> > Hank Brodkin
> > Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
> > hbrodkin at cox.net
> > http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin

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Hank Brodkin
Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
hbrodkin at cox.net
http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin


 
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