3 Horse Ranch
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- Tonasket, WA
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Especially in dry grassy areas. From what I have been able to find out unofficially; A property owner was working with an angle grinder outdoors in the hills just a little north of me. He caught the grass on fire and I gather, tried for a few moments to put it out himself. The winds were out of the south 10 to 20 mph. The official alarm was sounded at 2:03 last Saturday afternoon. By 8:00 p.m.the fire had reached 2500 acres. By Sunday the fire crossed into Canada. As of Friday 8-4-23, it has burned about 17,000 acres in the US and about 8,000 acres in Canada and forced some evacuations in Oroville WA and Osoyoos BC which have since been rescinded. To my knowledge no homes were damaged on the US side but a few sheds and remote buildings were burned.
This was taken at about 1:00 PM Saturday 7-29. I flew a drone out to check on the horses and got this still from the footage.
Taken at approximately 8:00 pm the same day. That isn't a cloud on the horizon. A DC-10 had flown over the house and headed for the fire a few minutes earlier and I came out hoping to capture him on another flight, but no joy.
Taken Sunday evening from Osoyoos BC. from a news article.
The fire was man caused, apparently by carelessness and the "It can't happen to me" syndrome.
The fire is 60% contained on the US side and the Canadians seem to have a handle on their side, but some strong winds could change everything.
It's a safe bet that the land owner doesn't have the funds to pay for damages or firefighting costs, so now he is financially ruined. All it takes us one careless act and one's life dreams can go up in smoke.
This was taken at about 1:00 PM Saturday 7-29. I flew a drone out to check on the horses and got this still from the footage.
Taken at approximately 8:00 pm the same day. That isn't a cloud on the horizon. A DC-10 had flown over the house and headed for the fire a few minutes earlier and I came out hoping to capture him on another flight, but no joy.
Taken Sunday evening from Osoyoos BC. from a news article.
The fire was man caused, apparently by carelessness and the "It can't happen to me" syndrome.
The fire is 60% contained on the US side and the Canadians seem to have a handle on their side, but some strong winds could change everything.
It's a safe bet that the land owner doesn't have the funds to pay for damages or firefighting costs, so now he is financially ruined. All it takes us one careless act and one's life dreams can go up in smoke.