The Big Fire

[hank franklin]

Haven't seen much good info on the 50K acre fire south of Salem. Anybody know exactly where this is? Any link to a good news report? Thanks.

[jdmidwest]

River Hills Traveler Fire Story.

[hank franklin]

Excellent, thanks. Didn't think to check Traveler online.

[Kayser]

Article says 5k, not 50k. Still, not a small fire.

[jdmidwest]

Local article said today that the rain helped the fighters but did not say that it was out. I think there was more than one fire location and the largest area was around 5000 acres. We came thru Halloween night from the upper Current River fishing trip. The area is really dry, lakes are the lowest I have seen in years. Some of the Huzzah ponds were almost dry on 32. That and all of the fuel from the big wind storms of the past few years and the fresh fallen leaves created alot of fire risk. The winds did not help any I am sure.

[Gatorjet]

It was reported on the news this morning in St. Louis that the fires were started by a group of hunters upset with the absentee landlord of some property not allowing them to hunt.

Smooth move fella's, now go sit on the bridge and play your banjo!

[Ill Trout Bum]

It was reported on the news this morning in St. Louis that the fires were started by a group of hunters upset with the absentee landlord of some property not allowing them to hunt.

Smooth move fella's, now go sit on the bridge and play your banjo!

Why is it that people who do not own property think they have a right to someone else's? I deal with the same issue here every year during deer season. People used to come and ask permission to hunt and during bow season I let them. Now the philosophy is, it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. These clods give all sportsmen a bad name!!!

[jdmidwest]

I heard it was locals burning out the areas where out of towners come into hunt. What ever, it seems to be arson connected to deer hunting land.

That place has been a tinderbox since the big wind a few years ago. It was probably just a matter of time. I spent some time around Potosi this weekend and the area was really smokey, I assume it was from the wildfire. It gets that way during controlled burns also.

[jdmidwest]

More Info. Looks like the blow down timber is hampering the fire teams. The damage around here from the same storm closed roads from the criss cross downed trees and made timber salvage hard.

Salem Fire from River HIlls Traveler.

[ozark trout fisher]

It's supposed to rain pretty hard down there over the next couple of days...Should put a stop to this with any luck, as well as adding much needed water to the rivers.