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Storage Fire

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Unit Information

Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

Incident Contacts

  • Adam Turner
    Email:
    adam.turner@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    940-328-9158
  • Information Officer
    Email:
    information@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    979-255-0591

Photographs Gallery

Storage Fire Helicopter Water Drop
A helicopter with a bucket hanging below it flies through the air. It is dropping water out of the bucket onto a burning pile at the base of the picture.
A helicopter with a bucket hanging below it flies through the air. It is dropping water out of the bucket onto a burning pile at the base of the picture.
Storage Fire Helicopter Water Drop

A helicopter uses a bucket hanging below it to drop lots of water onto precise spots identified by a crew member working on the ground. 

Fire Activity on Storage Fire 6/29/2023
Thick juniper brush in the picture is actively burning and has a large red and orange flame reaching to the sky
Thick juniper brush in the picture is actively burning and has a large red and orange flame reaching to the sky
Fire Activity on Storage Fire 6/29/2023

Fire was actively burning in Juniper Brush.

Storage Fire Dozer operations 6/29/2023
3 Bulldozers along the left half of the picture work to push brush away from a previously constructed dozer line, working to expand the containment line.
3 Bulldozers along the left half of the picture work to push brush away from a previously constructed dozer line, working to expand the containment line.
Storage Fire Dozer operations 6/29/2023

Bulldozers are being used to create a containment line al the way around the perimeter of the burned area to stop further spread. A wider line created by dozers help to reduce the chance of fires jumping outside of the lines. 

Fire activity burning by a runway
Thick black and gray smoke moving to the left of the photo as fire burns rapidly near a runway
Thick black and gray smoke moving to the left of the photo as fire burns rapidly near a runway
Fire activity burning by a runway

The Storage fire burned rapidly around the private airport in Sportsman's World.

Storage Fire Smoke Plume 6/29/2023
A dark smoke plume rising in the background over a dozer line of bare dirt with grass and brush on the right hand side. The left hand side has already burned and is black and smoldering.
A dark smoke plume rising in the background over a dozer line of bare dirt with grass and brush on the right hand side. The left hand side has already burned and is black and smoldering.
Storage Fire Smoke Plume 6/29/2023

Fire activity picking up on the Storage Fire and has  led to some spotting over the containment lines.

Dozer constructing containment line
A large yellow and black bulldozer pushed grass and brush away from a burning fire in the background. A gray smoke plume is visible in the back ground over thick brush.
A large yellow and black bulldozer pushed grass and brush away from a burning fire in the background. A gray smoke plume is visible in the back ground over thick brush.
Dozer constructing containment line

Dozers have been heavily used to create wide containment lines quickly. 

Storage Fire Aerial Photo 6/29/2023
A photo of the entire black and smoking scar taken looking down from a plane.
A photo of the entire black and smoking scar taken looking down from a plane.
Storage Fire Aerial Photo 6/29/2023

An aerial supervisor, called an Air Attack, took this photo of the Storage Fire burn scar from above.

Storage Fire Burn operation 6/29/2023
Two firefighters with a drip torch and handle tool watch a flame they just lit. They are burning the grass and brush between the fire edge and the containment line constructed
Two firefighters with a drip torch and handle tool watch a flame they just lit. They are burning the grass and brush between the fire edge and the containment line constructed
Storage Fire Burn operation 6/29/2023

Two firefighters conducting a burn operation on the Storage Fire. They are working to burn all the grass and brush between the edge of the fire and the containment line built by bulldozers.

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