Mitchell Reynolds

When you’re camping and smell something burning what would you do? We were smelling random gusts of a burning plastic but figured it was other campers on the lake. Then my sister noticed smoke smoldering from this tree root. No clue how it started, but it was a windy day and root fires can fester a for weeks to months. Thankful we caught this when we did and grateful for all the hands on deck. In this case we had no service but if you come across a root fire, call 310-fire or 911. Dig it up, douse it, monitor & report it.