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Please put your campfires out, every single time. Our fire prevention technician John took this video of an unattended campfire at an abandoned campsite during a weekend patrol. "You could easily get some embers that get outside the ring, and then you could start a wildfire." Here's Smokey Bear's...

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JBW in FLG3 years ago

Give them a citation! They’ll just keep doing it. Getting a fine might make them think twice about leaving a smoldering campfire unattended again.

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andrew3 years ago

@CoconinoNF you think this is bad try driving down literally any forest road on the Mogollon Rim during a summer fire ban without seeing a dispersed campground campfire every 50 feet

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La3 years ago

Hi, John. Thanks.

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David Lennard3 years ago

grrr.

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Jane Shannon3 years ago

Omg

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Evergreen Zephyr 🇹🇼 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇲🇩3 years ago

Encourage the willfully ignorant hicks who do this to urinate on their campfire before they leave. That'll work for them!

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Eric Stearns3 years ago

I would have taken all their gear and left a polite little note from Smokey that said - “You will get your camping gear back when you learn how to be responsible inhabitants of planet Earth.” Does the Forestry service present videos like this to Arizona k-12 classrooms?

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