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vuui lift] UVbll steadily smoldering on Old Rag since October 24 flared up again on the mountain’s northwest slope late Tuesday afternoon.
Bill Loftis, Assistant Superintendent for Shenandoah National Park, had just received the fire report when contacted at approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7. "We’re noPsure yet if it jumped the fire line or what,” said Loftis. “Would you believe it (the fresh outbreak of fire) is on the roughest spot on that mountain?”
According to Loftis, park personnel have been stationed at the fire site on Old Rag 24 hours a day since October 25. The fire was first reported in the early afternoon on October 24. Park Rangers were sent to the location around 3 p.m., put the fire out and then left, according to Chief Ranger Larry Hakel. Park authorities believe that an arsonist was responsible for a second fire outbreak late that same night.
Since the second outbreak, ranger crews have concentrated on keeping fire contained within the existing fire line. Their efforts have been hampered by lack of .rain and the inaccessibility of {'the location on Old Rag. '' According to Assistant Superintendent Loftis, only 300 acres (with a one per cent mortality rate on trees) have
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