PHOTOS: Flames racing through the dry underbrush of Gulf State Park could be a scary sight, but in this case, it is a good thing. Forty acres along the northern shore of Lake Shelby and near the cabins took only a few hours to burn.
When the day started, Rickey Fields with Alabama Forestry said a much bigger fire was planned. โThe original plan was to burn about 200 acres here in the state park; however, our fire weather has deteriorated throughout the day, so we are going to compartmentalize it down to about 40 acres,โ he said.
The fire weather he is talking about includes a certain amount of wind needed to push the flames and blow the smoke away. โAs you can see, the smoke is not really participating today, so we are just going to cut it off to 40 acres and plan a burn in the future,โ said Fields.
