While the fire will kill species like spruce and subalpine fir, fire resistant species like larch can often survive a fire of this nature. Here the fire burned down to the Hay Creek Road.
July 29, 2021
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July 29, 2021 11:25 a.m.
On the lines of the Hay Creek fire
Crews were working on containment lines on the Hay Creek Fire Wednesday, cutting fuel breaks, soaking down duff with hose lines and setting small burnouts in pockets of unburned fuel on the fire’s south flanks.