Feb 14th Wildfires a different kind of St. Valentines Day Massacre

The numbers from yesterdays rash of Wildfires all accross Virginia are not in yet but as soon as they are avail I will post. Below are several pictures and links to only a few of the hundreds of news stories from yesterday. Firefighters from The Virginia Department of Forestry, Paid and Volunteer Fire Departments, The USFS and others should be given a big ol THANK YOU for a job well done.

Firefighters Battle 25 Acre Brush Fire in Halifax Co.

http://www.wset.com/Global/story.asp?S=14028719

200 acres burn in Dinwiddie County

http://progress-index.com/news/200-acres-burn-in-dinwiddie-county-1.1105169#

Campbell Co. brush fire forces subdivision to evacuate

http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/feb/14/campbell-co-brush-fire-forces-subdivision-evacuate-ar-843258/

Brush Fire in Augusta County Nearly Contained

http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/Brush_Fire_in_Augusta_County_Nearly_Contained__116205544.html

Fire Drives Out Entire Neighborhood

http://www.wset.com/Global/story.asp?S=14030034

Suffolk firefighters battle four brush fires this afternoon

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/02/suffolk-firefighters-battle-four-brush-fires-afternoon

Wildfire shuts down Danville Expressway

http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2011/feb/14/wildfire-shuts-down-danville-expressway-ar-843119/

Madison Brush Fire

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=14026852

 

I  will also be posting many of the fires to the Google Map at

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS298US298&hl=en&tab=wl