The Fire on Cedar 



SNAG FLAT FIRE 



Original fire 

 Spot fires 



Calculated control line 



CEDAR CREEK I 

 FIRE 



Approximate scale : 1/2 inch = 1 mite 



experience and observation of the ex- 

 plosive burning conditions that could 

 develop by a continued alliance of dan- 

 gerous degrees of wind, temperature, 

 and humidity had given the supervisor 

 a prescience that warned him this 



could be a worse Saturday afternoon 

 than even the forecast for the day had 

 indicated. Today, if decisions were 

 needed, they had to be quick and sure. 

 So he had stayed in his office this Sat- 

 urday afternoon, ready for whatever 



