Escape Fire is an interesting concept applicable to all walks of life - named after a wildfire at a Montana's Mann Gulch Wildfire Historic District on August 5, 1949.
During the fire, when the leader and oldest of all, 33 years old Wagner Dodge realized that they are about to succumb to fire as the fire is only less than a hundred yards behind, he took a match out and set fire to the grass just before the group. He created an "escape fire" to lie in so that the main fire would burn around him and his crew. His men didn't believe his trick, tried to escape and all get perished except him and 2 others.
The lesson learned from this escape fire is: "Many times in life you may have to create a fire around you to escape a bigger fire."
During the fire, when the leader and oldest of all, 33 years old Wagner Dodge realized that they are about to succumb to fire as the fire is only less than a hundred yards behind, he took a match out and set fire to the grass just before the group. He created an "escape fire" to lie in so that the main fire would burn around him and his crew. His men didn't believe his trick, tried to escape and all get perished except him and 2 others.
The lesson learned from this escape fire is: "Many times in life you may have to create a fire around you to escape a bigger fire."
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