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Sports & Recreation > Camping The importance of a bucket, shovel, and axe when camping: 10 of 12

Camping is one of the few recreations that we participate in that can cause massive damage with the slightest mistake. An inopportune gust of wind at just the moment the campfire pops can result in a massive fire. In many cases a major fire can be thwarted before it even begins with something as simple as a bucket, a shovel, and an axe. A wildfire can be a small blaze or it can be a major one. In 2002 a major fire caused by lightening burned over 500,000 acres of prime forest in Oregon. While not preventable using the axe, bucket and shovel, the fire was brought under control with these to...
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