"It's just not safe to put these firefighters right up against that fire," Sanchez says, citing hazards posed by the high percentage of beetle kill where the fire continues to burn.
Forest Service fire crews are preparing to burn slash piles at multiple locations throughout the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests in Wyoming and Colorado.
Even after multiple years of this type of work, it is estimated that hundreds of slash piles remain on the two National Forests...