In TV interviews today the resident victims of the Tamarack wildfire had some choice words for the USFS and its failure to handle the fire for 2 weeks.
They made the choice to just watch the fire during that time and now its out of control, with homes being destroyed.
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The quaint town of Markleeville is probably history. Who would want to live and try to run a business amongst burned black trees and landscape - who would visit and camp in those views. USFS should be liable but probably cannot be. The Incident Commander made a horrible mistake letting this burn so close to town and small businesses. Wind blows a fire so mileage doesn't matter, it was too close to a town to let burn - retardant as soon as it started was so dearly needed. Hearts are breaking for people's lives who have been totally ruined by this - and this could happen to any mountain town! Fortunately Arnold area has a very good Cal Fire presence and Air Attack base in Columbia who hopefully could circumvent USFS if needed.
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