June 23, 2021 7:55 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/23/good-weather-aids-firefighters-on-californias-coastal-range/ The Willow Fire is 13% contained Firefighter performs maintenance on chainsaw. (InciWeb photo) BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — An influx of moist and cool ocean air was helping to suppress a forest fire burning in California coastal mountains near a remote Buddhist monastery south of Big Sur. The Willow Fire…
June 23, 2021 2:54 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/23/monks-join-fight-against-californias-willow-fire/ The monks train every year with professional firefighters Crew clears vegetation in steep terrain. (InciWeb photo) BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A group of firefighting monks was ready to defend a Buddhist monastery being threatened Tuesday by a wildfire burning in the rugged central coast mountains south of Big Sur….
June 21, 2021 3:20 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/21/california-firefighters-work-to-contain-the-willow-fire/ Willow Fire burns in rugged terrain south of Big Sur Willow Fire early evening June 18, 2021. (InciWeb photo) BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — California’s weather began cooling Monday after a lengthy heat wave but firefighters still faced the difficult task of trying to contain a large forest fire in…
