The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a news release which includes a statement saying:
Many Texans have lost their lives during severe wildfire seasons because a wildfire overtook them in their vehicles.
The release goes on to advise motorists that they should never drive into dense smoke or they could become a fire fatality. Makes sense, of course, and it’s always good advise.
We are aware of smoke-caused fatalities occurring on highways in other places, including Florida in 2008 and also during the Cedar fire in San Diego County in 2003 when residents were killed while trying to evacuate from the Wildcat Canyon Road area.
