Congressman McClintock Questions US Forest Decision To Monitor Rather Than Suppress Wildfire!

By Jerry Henry on July 22, 2021.

Congressman Tom McClintock has written a letter to the Chief of US Forest Service Vici Christiansen requestioning answers to the service decision to delay suppression service to the Tamarack Fire which began in Northeast California on July 4^th. The congressman is questioning who made the decision to monitor the fire rather than immediately begin suppression activity for 6 days from the 4^th of July until the 10^th of July. The initial fire was small A but has exploded into a major destruction system that has created its own weather system which is causing major smoke and creating its own lightning strikes which is adding to starter fires inside the existing fire area.