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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
My wife just asked why they don't use planes to dump water on the fire. Although Lake Drummond is probably off-limits as a source because of it's need as potable water, I understand we have an ocean full of salt water somewhere in the vicinity.
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I don't think you can dump salt water on a fresh water swamp/marsh. I'm not sure what is burning in the swamp, but in NC, the peat in the ground is on fire - can't really smother it with anything. You may have a similar problem - trying to put out a fire without damaging the surrounding ecosystem - which is protected.