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Cooter's Bog Escape Prescribed Fire 2010

  • Incident Information:

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    Cooters Bog Escaped Prescribed Fire FLA.pdf (676.17 KB) 676.17 KB

  • Location:

    Louisiana

  • Date:

    04/26/2010

  • Incident Type:

    Wildfire Declaration

  • Description:

    On Tuesday, April 26, 2010 on the Calcasieu Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana, the 709 acre Cooter’s Bog Prescribed Burn (Compartment 132) was implemented. After completion of the firing phase of prescribed burn operations, a pine snag caught fire and threw embers outside of control lines, causing a spot fire in a pine plantation on adjacent private lands. The fire intensity and size of the escape grew rapidly and exceeded the capabilities of onsite resources for that burn unit. The FMO declared the escape a wildfire at 1445, per direction in the prescribed burn plan. The wildfire eventually burned 132 acres of pine plantation before being brought under control by on-site and contingency resources.

    Escaped Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Fire

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