Marin fire crews clear fuels ahead of dry season

Fire crews ascended Mount Tamalpais this week to set ablaze dozens of piles of shrubs, grasses and woody debris in a controlled burn to reduce the fire fuel loads in the watershed.

The late-spring work is part of an aggressive strategy to remove flammable vegetation from the county’s open spaces in preparation for the fire season ahead.

“The risk of wildfire is much greater than it was 50 years ago,” said Miguel Samayoa, a recruit in training with the FIRE Foundry program who was...