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West Mims Fire Tractor Plow Burnover 2017

  • Incident Information:

    West_Mims_Tractor_Plow_Burnover_RLS

  • Location:

    Georgia

  • Date:

    05/07/2017

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    May 7, 2017, West Mims Fire, eight miles west of St. George, Georgia.
    A tractor plow became stuck on a stump just as a wind shift caused a flanking fire to become a head fire. The tractor plow operator was able to walk to safety, but the tractor plow unit was overrun by fire.

    Entrapment, RLS, Heavy Equipment,

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