Fire Danger - Smouldering Ashes in a Pine Forest

My friend and I encountered smouldering embers on a walk to some new woods. The place looked like it had been well used but not for a while. The danger in Pine forest is that you can ignite the root system which can then lead to the whole area burning down.
We put out the hot ashes by using some animal feeding buckets that are dotted about all over the area to collect some water about a hundred metres away down in a steep valley. It was tiring work but we managed to saturate the ground and put out the embers. Hopefully the root system is not burning underground.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• fire
• danger
• embers
• pine
• forest
• water
• valley
• animal
• bucket
• camp

[Seppish1]

Great save and good advice Colin, if only more people were as vigilant as you in the woods, there would be a lot less forest fires.

[ColinOutdoors]

@Seppish1 Thank you so much my friend, I really appreciate your kind words. My friend and I are glad we found this and managed to put it out.

[calatorul78]

Good job!

[ColinOutdoors]

@calatorul78 Cheers my friend

[patje0109]

Good job Colin!!!!

I saw quite a few pinewood fires in my youth and i can tell you it is really frightening!!!

Greetings from Belgium

Patje

[ColinOutdoors]

@patje0109 Thank you so much Patje. I am glad we manage to put this one out. I agree the fires that can happen in pine woods can be scary.

[romeodelta1178]

good job fellas, I hate when irresponsible people wander into the bush. Good thing you guys stumbled upon this. cheers

[soufflekingsize]

Nice one mate. I don't know if they teach respect for nature first-hand in schools these days, but I think they should.

[ColinOutdoors]

@8541LONGRANGE Thank you so much my friend, I really appreciate your kind words and support. It means alot to me, take care.

[8541LONGRANGE]

YOUR A GREAT GUY COLIN , I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AS A PERSON BRO...YOU ARE A GREAT CARETAKER OF THE LAND....IN MY OPINION , THE MOST VALUABLE SKILL A BUSHCRAFTER CAN HAVE......SEMPER FI!!

[ColinOutdoors]

@englishmaninontario Thanks my friend, yeah its a shame, and it happens quite often.

[englishmaninontario]

Good on you for taking care of that Colin, lots of irresponsible people around nowadays :(