Firefighters adjust wildfire strategy in response to weather [Video]

TO PEOPLE’S PROPERTIES. FLAMES CONTINUING TO BURN IN MIDDLETON THIS EVENING. PRETTY WINDY TODAY SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN. A RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND DRY LEAVES ON THE GROUND. ADDING FEARS THESE WILDFIRES MAY CONTINUE TO SPREAD, BUT DCR CREWS TRYING TO CLEAR AWAY THE FUEL SOURCE WITH LEAF BLOWERS AND BY INTENTIONALLY SETTING FIRES TO CREATE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE BIGGER BLAZE AND NEARBY HOMES. WHAT WE’LL BE DOING IS FILLING IN SPOTS THAT DIDN’T BURN VERY WELL YESTERDAY IN THAT BUFFER, TO STRENGTHEN THAT BUFFER, TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING LEAVES THE UNIT. NEVER THOUGHT ACTUALLY, I MEAN, WE’RE MOSTLY SWAMP BACK HERE, SO IT’S SURPRISING THAT ANYTHING WOULD BURN. BUT I THINK THAT SPEAKS TOWARDS THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. JIMMY ORTON’S PROPERTY — UP AGAINST THESE WOODS WHERE THE FIRE HAS BEEN BURNING FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND CLAIMED 190 ACRES. HE SAYS …