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Post by _ on Dec 7, 2017 6:25:16 GMT
First Order firefighters race against time, winds on Mustafar
NIEN NUNB
Every day firefighters on Mustafar receive a lava burning index report that indicates the fire danger. If it's 1165 or higher, that's extreme.
The number for Thursday is 1296, the highest it has ever been, according to Mustafar Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas.
Terrazas and other officials on Mustafar warned residents Wednesday evening that a series of wildfires fueled by wicked winds and dangerously hot lava likely was going to get even worse in the next 24 hours.
"We stand a fairly good chance of a very challenging night and day" said Tim Chavez, a fire behavior analyst for Musta-Fire, at a news conference on the 90,000-acre fire near Vader's Castle. "There's a lot of potential for some large fire growth."
More than 100,000 acres on Mustafar have burned with little containment. Overworked firefighters caught a little bit of a break Wednesday when the winds eased somewhat, but the forecast for the next three days was bad news on top of bad news.
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