Salt Fire Entrapment 2011

Salt Fire - August 29, 2011 Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. Ground resources were ordered to disengage and evacuate. During evacuation, one of the escape routes became engulfed by the fire. Ground resources using that escape route were then ordered to a parking area. While at the parking area, a transport driver and a dozer operator shared a fire shelter to shield themselves from the intense heat from the advancing fire.

Entrapment, Heavy Equipment, Extended Attack