11. Crews were digging a line around the burn area and full containment was expected by Saturday evening, Wilkins said. 12. However, strong winds drove the fire through the prescribed burn area, and by Thursday it was in the park and Kaibab National Forest to the north. 13. Local environmental groups have been protesting for years that the war games, using live ammunition, cause forest fires that burn large areas of the scrub land. 14. Like the fire that burned through Los Alamos, N.M., strong winds beginning Wednesday drove this one beyond the prescribed burn area. 15. Once the fire topped the ridge, winds carried embers outside the prescribed burn area and the fire established itself on the other side. 16. The fire broke out along the northeast corner of the controlled burn area and spread north, toward the campground and lookout tower. |