▲ 403 ▼ Gov. Abbott Enlists Texas National Guard to Shoot at Wildfires (thehardtimes.net) submitted 2 years ago by Nero@sopuli.xyz to c/theonion@midwest.social 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) That is actually a legit technique used by firefighters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago Forest fire fighters ... the method of purposely burning a section of forest in front of a moving forest fire to starve or stop the fire from otherwise spreading uncontrollably. But what I've seen come out of Texas, they would legitimately try to point their flame throwers directly at a fire to try to kill it with fire. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago Forest fire fighters ... the method of purposely burning a section of forest in front of a moving forest fire to starve or stop the fire from otherwise spreading uncontrollably. But what I've seen come out of Texas, they would legitimately try to point their flame throwers directly at a fire to try to kill it with fire. permalink fedilink source parent