1. Firefighters extinguished two spot fires on adjacent homes. 2. And ground crews searched for spot fires outside the containment line. 3. But sometimes when you rake it back on yourself, the air fans it, and more little spot fires spring up. 4. Crews found several spot fires in the town, but put them out. 5. Joseph Brewer said he and other locals primarily used garden hoses to fight spot fires. 6. Plumes can collapse, pumping out gusts of wind that fling embers over a wide area, starting more spot fires. 7. Spot fires return nutrients to the soil, and grasses quickly sprout back. 8. The firefighters were working on spot fires when they learned the blaze was getting worse. 9. The smoke is still swirling, but the spot fires are out and the heat is easing. 10. Authorities were on alert for mass forest fires like those that hit Southeast Asia earlier as a heat wave rolled across Australia Wednesday, bringing sporadic spot fires. |