Tropical Storm Cristobal brushed the North Carolina Coast this weekend bring much needed rain to the wildfire. The Evans Road Wildfire has been burning since June 1st inside of Pocosin National Wildlife Refuge when it was ignited by a lightning strike. Fire officials have been hoping for a tropical storm or a hurricane to help knock this fire out. Unfortunately Cristobal did not pack much of a punch when it came to rain so only about a 6 tenths of an inch was dropped. While it will take much more rain then that to extinguish this fire the surface fire is basically out and only the ground fire continues.
The fire is still only 75% contained and is still a threat and danger until fully contained. On the heels of Cristobal the threat of hot drier air and winds could give the fire a real push. Interesting aerial videos have been made available from US Fish & Wildlife that gives some perspective of the fire and the terrain they are working in.
Aerial view of uncontained fire line on eastern side of fire on July 17, 2008
Second video is aerial view of the remainer of the fire perimeter on July 17, 2008
Videos Courtesy of US Fish & Wildlife
Story by Dan McLaughlin AKA Moose
