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Fairchild Air Force Base

Fire on the range

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Tech. Sgt. Roy Miyaji, 92nd Security Forces Squadron patrolman, secures a brush fire site April 6 while Staff Sgt. Larry Carpenter, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs, coordinates activities with the Public Affairs deputy chief. The fire started on the explosive ordinance disposal range during Survival School training activities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Chapman)

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Fire on the range

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- The Fairchild Fire Department responds to a brush fire that started on the explosive ordinance disposal range here April 6. The fire started around 10:45 a.m. during Survival School training activities and was contained by the firefighters at about noon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Chapman)

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Fire on the range

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Airman 1st Class Jose Flores and Abraham Nisbet, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, guide a fire engine down a dirt road leading to a brush fire on the explosive ordinance disposal range here April 6. The Fairchild Fire Department responded to and contained the brush fire that consumed around 15 acres. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Chapman)

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Firefighters suppress blaze in field

Published April 10, 2007