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Evans Road Wildfire Update

Jul 09, 2008 @ 08:12 am by Moose

Video of Pumping Operations at Lake Phelps Courtesy of NC Smokey 1 & You Tube

The Evans Road Fire in Eastern North Carolina is now 75% contained. The fire started on June 1st after a lightning strike in Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Recent rains have help suppress the surface fires but have had little effect on the smoldering ground fires. The fire is burning deep into the organic soil and will take a significant amount of water to extinguish. Incident Command believes it will take a tropical storm or hurricane to drop enough water on this fire to put it out. Smoke continues to be an issue for fire fighters as well as for people in the area or downwind of the fire. Impact on wildlife is believed to be minimal and plans are being made as to how to restore this land once the fire is out. Fire fighters continue pumping operations to secure containment lines and prevent any further expansion of this fire. I’ll continue to update this story as it develops.

Story by Dan McLaughlin AKA Moose