Calling in an air strike

In this image, captured of me by one of my fire staff, I am calling in an air strike on this spot fire in an effort to check the spread of the fire by holding it against a forest roadway. The torching fir in the foreground has tight-knit branch clusters caused by a disease called mistletoe, which causes deformity in the trees branches and tops. These tight clusters of fuel burn very hot once ignited and can cause problem fire behavior.