Jim Paxon
Jim Paxon
attack fire front noon size three
The fire is three times the size it was at noon on Wednesday. We are not going to get in front of the fire and attack it. This fire will go where it will.
fire
There's so much fire in there we can't let them back in yet. It's not safe.
burn fire
There's going to be a lot of fire out here for a long time. This fire's going to burn for weeks.
directions fire spreading time
With the fire spreading in so many directions it will be a long time before we can get it contained.
allowed hazards mitigate
But they won't even be allowed out of the van. We've got to mitigate the hazards first.
feeling
We didn't go up in our containment any. But the feeling is that with these thunderstorm developments ... that we need one more day to go up on that containment.
ahead build fire four three tying
We're tying to get ahead of the fire and get to work. We've got to build a 90-mile fire line, and we're not going to get that done today. It's going to take three or four days.
fire running
Fire went through there raging. It was running a mile-and-a-half-an-hour through the ponderosa pine.
concern entire people point risk stop
It's still a concern because we want to stop this fire. At this point there are no structures, no dwellings, no people at risk on the entire perimeter of the fire.
grueling
This is grueling for the firefighters. We're getting tired.
acres fire four grow
It can grow two, three, four times what it is presently. This fire is not over. It is out of control. If it's 300,000 acres now, it's only going to get bigger.
bigger burn daunting
If that happens, we'll have a 20- to 25-mile front. That is daunting because it's just that much bigger to burn forward.
head nature raise run
The fire's going to raise its head and get up and run today. We are very much not in control. Nature is in control.