Jim Paxon

Jim Paxon
acres fire four grow
It can grow two, three, four times what it is presently. This fire is not over. It is out of control. If it's 300,000 acres now, it's only going to get bigger.
fire
There's so much fire in there we can't let them back in yet. It's not safe.
fire running
Fire went through there raging. It was running a mile-and-a-half-an-hour through the ponderosa pine.
grueling
This is grueling for the firefighters. We're getting tired.
allowed hazards mitigate
But they won't even be allowed out of the van. We've got to mitigate the hazards first.
concern entire people point risk stop
It's still a concern because we want to stop this fire. At this point there are no structures, no dwellings, no people at risk on the entire perimeter of the fire.
head nature raise run
The fire's going to raise its head and get up and run today. We are very much not in control. Nature is in control.
directions fire spreading time
With the fire spreading in so many directions it will be a long time before we can get it contained.
feeling
We didn't go up in our containment any. But the feeling is that with these thunderstorm developments ... that we need one more day to go up on that containment.