Before dawn we saw these backfires set by firefighters to burn out brush on the hillsides and create larger containment lines. Firefighter gordon oneil. It turns to black, which wont burn anymore, it widens that line out. And it removes the fuel thats available to burn. Reporter youre fighting the fire with fire. The fire started wednesday afternoon fueled by steady winds and bonedry brush that hadnt burned in seven years. It exploded from 300 acres to 5,000 acres in about three hours. It then doubled in size overnight, scorching 10,000 acres and more than a dozen struck qhurs. Oh, there it goes. We didnt think it was coming this way then instantedly whole mountain caught on fire. I couldnt get my briefcase. Reporter andy and melinda schraeder said they had no time to escape. The fire burned upmost of their yard and burned their rr. They hosed down the roof and managed to save their house and horses. You were basically surrounded by fire. We were, we couldnt get out. Reporter what did
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A sign-toting supporter of the monument’s removal paraded in front of commissioners with a poster lamenting a “Jim Crow Clown Show.”
For longtime residents and newcomers alike, the scene was a discouraging display in a county that lags behind other counties statewide in per capita income, education, healthcare and other important areas.
For some, the monument debate is an unhelpful distraction that has outlived its relevance.
For others, the division over the statue is tied into deeper issues that also have affected the ability of the county of 74,521 residents to lift itself out of stagnation.
“To see this kind of conflict between groups, it’s disappointing to see in a little community like this,” said Larry Beaton, a fifth-generation Palatka resident and historian for the Putnam County Historical Society. “People don’t stop and think how that looks and how people perceive that, even the elected officials.”