A group of self-titled 91裸聊视频渟tubborn farmers91裸聊视频� have been working behind the fire lines at the 108 and 105 trying to help fire suppression efforts.
While the group lives in an area that is under an evacuation order due to the Gustafsen fire, they decided to stay to protect their homes, their lands and their animals.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e stubborn farmers. We91裸聊视频檙e going to keep fighting until we can91裸聊视频檛 no more,91裸聊视频� says Casey Lang, one of those saying behind.
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Casey says the group has built and maintained fireguards between Lilypad Lake to the train tracks, using their own equipment, and have worked to put out spot fires along the way using a pick up with a 500 gallon water tank on it.
91裸聊视频淲hat we have done has definitely slowed it down. Two days ago it was a rat race, today it was definitely calmer,91裸聊视频� he says.
Lang says that between the dozen people who started on the fire on Friday and the five that are left, 91裸聊视频渨e91裸聊视频檝e saved over a dozen houses, we91裸聊视频檝e saved a lot of animals, a lot of livestock.91裸聊视频�
He also says they are bringing water to not only their own cattle and animals, but others that are left in the area.
While residents under an evacuation order are obligated to leave, those that remain must stay on their own property.
91裸聊视频淲e haven91裸聊视频檛 touched crown land yet,91裸聊视频� he says, although the group has been using the roads to access their properties.
Despite some issues working with the people patrolling the roads, he says they91裸聊视频檝e mostly been allowed to keep doing what they are doing, provided they stay on their own properties.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e not doing this to piss anyone off. We91裸聊视频檙e not doing this for a backlash.91裸聊视频�
On the Cariboo Regional District91裸聊视频檚 part, Chair Al Richmond says that once people leave the evacuation order areas, they will not be allowed back in.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 have any comment on what they do on their own private property, but if they come out, they come out. We can91裸聊视频檛 have people staying in an area that91裸聊视频檚 been determined to be a hazard for humans to be there, I can91裸聊视频檛. I91裸聊视频檝e got no way around it. You can91裸聊视频檛 enable them in area that is considered to be a threat.91裸聊视频�
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The district did grant a permit for members of the group to go into an area nearby to open gates for cattle during the day on July 11, but they were escorted into the area and out to safely move their cattle.
91裸聊视频淲hat we won91裸聊视频檛 do is enable them to stay behind in an area that is a hazard 91裸聊视频� that it91裸聊视频檚 not safe for people to be there,91裸聊视频� says Richmond.
When it comes to the danger, Lang says the group is very aware of their safety.
They91裸聊视频檝e all moved into a house safely away from the fire with no fuel around it, and have generators running and showers at the end of the day.
91裸聊视频淚 can say we91裸聊视频檙e not going to put ourselves in harm91裸聊视频檚 way,91裸聊视频� says Lang
While Lang self-describes himself as an adrenaline junky, he says it91裸聊视频檚 part of being a farmer.
91裸聊视频淲e are all farmers and we work under pressure, and that91裸聊视频檚 what we91裸聊视频檙e doing.91裸聊视频�
Lang says they plan to keep on working.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e not going to leave unless we have to and by that I mean we91裸聊视频檙e dragged out of here or we have nothing left to fight for anymore.91裸聊视频�
While he describes some of the images from behind the fire lines as 91裸聊视频渃arnage,91裸聊视频� he says they91裸聊视频檝e driven past it so many times it91裸聊视频檚 almost normal now.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been here for 20 years and my dad91裸聊视频檚 been here for 30 and you know, it91裸聊视频檚 all gone. It91裸聊视频檚 all memories gone, and that91裸聊视频檚 why we91裸聊视频檙e here saving it. Not just for us but for people in the 108.91裸聊视频�
