Mark Twain National Forest Firefighters Patrolling Fire Line and Checking for Any Remaining Hot Spots

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Salem, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest firefighters patrol wild fire containment lines and check for any remaining hot spots around suspected arson-set wild fires that started November 1, 2011. Firefighters are working in dense forest brush created by a May 2009 derecho, which cut a 15-20 mile wide swath across Dent, Shannon and Teynoilds counties continuing across to Fredericktown, Missouri, significantly increasing forest fuels. The average forest acre normally has 2 tons of forest fuels per acre. After the May 2009 derecho, Mark Twain National Forest lands around Salem, Misosuri averaged 50-100 tons per acre. (USDA Forest Service photo by Bill Paxton)

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