Davis 5 Escaped Prescribed Fire 2010

On Wednesday August 25, 2010, the Davis 5 Prescribed Fire was ignited southeast of the town of Lincoln, Montana. Several spot fires occurred outside of the burn unit that afternoon. One of the spot fires made a run of about 20 acres before lying down. The next morning, crews were in the process of controlling the largest spot fire and gridding for additional spots. At approximately 1300 hours, a spot fire that had not been staffed started torching trees and rapidly became established beyond the capacity for control by ground forces--resulting in an escape and a subsequent conversion to a wildfire.

Escaped Prescribed Fire