In Marin County, a big effort to help prevent wildfires is expected to get underway this summer.
Mark Brown with the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority explains what it aims to do.
“So, when the embers land for an approaching fire, the embers don’t have anything to catch on fire or as the main fire approaches the shaded fuel break,” he said. “It won’t necessarily put the fire out, but it’s going to change the intensity of the spread increasing the safety of our residents and giving our firefighters the ability to suppress the fire.”Christie Smith has more in the video above.
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