Prescribed burns aren’t always welcomed by communities, however.
They generate smoke and sometimes spread out of control.
In New Mexico last year, a prescribed fire by the Forest Service blew into a 340,000-acre inferno that destroyed hundreds of homes and became the largest in state history.
It prompted Forest Service Chief Randy Moore to suspend all the agency’s planned burns for 90 days.
Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal/Zuma
Persons:
aren’t, Randy Moore, Eddie Moore, Zuma
Organizations:
Forest Service
Locations:
New Mexico, Albuquerque