Campfires can you do without?
Wild Fire season looks to be a long one this year. So can you camp without a campfire? I can and do most of the time. Alas the wife loves a fire so to please her we oxidize a little wood on occ...
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Please remember that a campfire is not really put out unless you can put your hand into it.
We had to make the 911 call once to report the campground on fire because the camper left a short time previously and didn't fully extinguish the coals. The flames started again and sparks flew out of the ring onto pine needles and within minutes the fire was traveling through the campground.
Everyone had to vacate and it took six hours to put out the fire as it traveled up a hillside. The campground was then closed down for the rest of the summer season.
We had to make the 911 call once to report the campground on fire because the camper left a short time previously and didn't fully extinguish the coals. The flames started again and sparks flew out of the ring onto pine needles and within minutes the fire was traveling through the campground.
Everyone had to vacate and it took six hours to put out the fire as it traveled up a hillside. The campground was then closed down for the rest of the summer season.
