Woodview Fire 2007

Forester 2 and Forest Technician 1 saw the blow up about the same time. Forest Technician 1 yelled to evacuate. Fire crossed the line behind the tractor. The Forest Technician saw the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) person fall and drop his torch, then get up and start running down the line. Forest Technician 1 thought both the DGIF person and Forester 2 were now in front of him as they were evacuating down the line. The DGIF person tried to go through the green to get away from the fire. Forester 2 ran about 300 feet till he caught up to the tractor and was able to get inside with Forest Technician 1. They went about another 100 feet when the DGIF person was at the cab trying to get inside. The metal cab was so hot he could not touch it. The cab door was opened from the inside and he got in. Three in a cab was a tight fit. All three then went down the line to safety. They would not have survived without the environmental cab.

Heavy Equipment, Firing, Initial Attack, Burn Injury, LCES, Entrapment