Joe James sent us a link to a video of one of the fires that occurred March 10 in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (in northwest Indiana) that were fought by National Park Service personnel as well as several other local fire departments. Wildfire Today previously covered the numerous fires that burned in the greater Chicago area that day.
Mr. James said the video was shot near the Douglas Center in Gary, Indiana. Their completed prescribed fires slowed the spread of another fire the same day that was heading toward the community of Ogden Dunes. One unit that they burned last fall did not burn at all in the wildfire, possibly saving 30 to 40 homes in Miller, Mr. James said.
