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1:52 - 2:13
“I went from literally just a few trees torching, which we got on in a hurry, to group torching and to a full running fire in under 15 minutes. I mean 15, 20 minutes. And it was off and running and something we weren't going to be able to catch.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 1:52 – 2:13
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Big Lake
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From the transcript
The jumpers were on it quick, trying to catch it, but they couldn't beat it down out of the trees. And it was pretty much off to the races. Then I went from literally just a few trees torching, which we got on in a hurry, to group torching and to a full running fire in under 15 minutes. I mean 15, 20 minutes. And it was off and running and something we weren't going to be able to catch.
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