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The Rhino Unit Crew, based out of Fort St. John, worked to secure line on the south edge of the Stoddart Creek wildfire (G80291) today, May 18. When wildfire activity is low enough, crews use direct attack methods such as tight-lining, which involves using chainsaws, hand tools and water to extinguish the perimeter of the fire. Unit crews spend a lot of their time applying these suppression tactics on wildfires throughout the summer. For full incident details on the Stoddart Creek wildfire, visi
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