Mountain of Tumbleweed Burned to Reduce Fire Risk
The town of Eagle Mountain, Utah, burned a mountain of tumbleweed on March 18, as part of a fire hazard reduction exercise.
The planned burn follows a storm earlier in the month where thousands of tumbleweeds were swept into the city.
“The controlled burn serves as a strategic measure to manage the accumulated tumbleweeds and mitigate potential fire hazards in the area,” the city stated on their website.
Video filmed by Hettie Hobson shows a large pile of tumbleweed on fire, as workers control the blaze with a hose. Credit: Hettie Hobson / @tribebreathe via Storyful
Video Transcript
- Water.
- And I just got behind and never got caught up. They put gas on it. It kind of feels like it.
- I think that guy is putting gas on it.
- You look like you live over there.
- Yeah, we do. Our house was the one that had most of these in it.
