Farmers aid fire crews in effort to save Douglas County town of Mansfield

'This is how they handle fires': Farmers aid fire crews in effort to save Douglas County town of Mansfield

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Tue., Sept. 8, 2020

A pickup drives down a dirt road as the Pearl Hill Fire's flames ignite behind it on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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Elementary school teacher Jesse Freels makes a call Tuesday as the Pearl Hill Fire moves close to town near Mansfield, Wash.

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Tammy DeLozier drinks her morning cup of coffee as she sprays water on her lawn as the Pearl Hill fire encroaches from just south of town on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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The Pearl Hill fire encroaches from just south of Mansfield on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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Elementary school teacher Jesse Freels, center, makes a call as the Pearl Hill Fire moves close to town on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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Residents prepare to evacuate as the Pearl Hill fire encroaches from just south of Mansfield on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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Crews work to extinguish a flame up from the Pearl Hill Fire on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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Kirstil Heath, left, and Mikki Lamar, right, check a cellphone on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, as the Pearl Hill Fire moves near Mansfield, Wash.

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A local man runs a tractor to carve out an impromptu fire line as the Pearl Hill fire moves closer to Mansfield on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, near Mansfield, Wash.

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