Lessons Learned
Aerial view of the entrapment area. The arrow shows the general direction of the wind. Aerial view of the entrapment area. The arrow shows the general direction of the wind.
• Crown fires can produce life-threatening conditions far from the main body of the fire.
• The sudden wave of heat, gas, and embers that threatened the entrapped firefighters was generated from a source several hundred feet away.
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