Here are a couple of photos from the Mother Lode fire on the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon. Both are from the fire’s InciWeb site, but the photographers and dates are unknown.

Hmmm. Really? A Class A faller who should be limited to trees smaller than 12 8 inches in diameter? And if there’s a face cut (or undercut), which tends to reduce the chance of a barber chair and control the direction of fall, it was very small. “Barber chair” is when the tree splits vertically as seen in this photo. It can be very dangerous because the portion of the tree’s trunk that springs back can injure or kill the faller if they are standing near the tree when it occurs.

From InciWeb, September 18, 2011:

Estacada, Oregon – Kidd’s Incident Management Team, Great Basin 4, is currently managing the Mother Lode Fire on the Mount Hood National Forest. The fire, which began as a lightening strike on August 26, 2011, is estimated at 2,132 acres and continues to very slowly grow near the confluence of Mother Lode and Battle Creeks. This pattern has remained virtually the same over the last several days as weather over the fire returns to a more seasonal model.