(Editor’s Note: Brian McClellan of Olean, N.Y. is curator of the Cattaraugus County Museum in Machias and part-time Olean Times Herald staffer. He’s also now a Adirondack High Peaks 46er.)
(Editor’s Note: Brian McClellan of Olean is curator of the Cattaraugus County Museum in Machias and part-time Times Herald staffer. He’s also now an Adirondack High Peaks 46er.)
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742 hectares (estimated size), growth is expected once a track is possible. Strong winds and steep unworkable terrain have made sections of this fire challenging to fight with direct attack strategies. Early on, ground crews effectively established a containment line on the west side of the fire that has continued to hold even in repeated strong wind events.
July 19 was the most challenging day for this fire as strong winds, steep terrain, and increasingly dry fuels drove aggressive fire behaviour and created four spot fires. One of those fires grew too quickly for crews or aviation resources to contain it and it has now spread into the South Lemon Creek drainage.