Smaller shrubs leading up to a dry pine tree in this photo illustrate how “ladder fuels” carry a grass fire upward. This is the tree firefighters rushed across the ravine to extinguish. [photo by Gary Meyer]
Smaller shrubs leading up to a dry pine tree in this photo illustrate how “ladder fuels” carry a grass fire upward. This is the tree firefighters rushed across the ravine to extinguish. [photo by Gary Meyer]