VIDEO: On Dragoon Road, burn marks and pink slurry from planes show where crews stopped the forward progress of the Triangle 2 fire. One of the first people to battle the Triangle Two Fire in Dragoon was the owner of the historic Triangle T Ranch, Linda Kelly. “We saw smoke,” she said.
“We went down there and saw the fire, and we were using our water truck with our water to try to keep the fire back. We didn’t want it to cross that road, because then you get into all our buildings and horses and the regular part of the ranch.”
The ranch keeps 1,000 gallons of water on site in case of an emergency since the property does not have a well. “Just from the beginning, I just thought that was something necessary. This is over 100 year old ranch. It’s very historic, and it has its pluses, and the minuses are, we haul all our water, and so we don’t have piped-in water of any sort. So we have to have those kind of precautions just all the time,” Kelly said.
“We automatically do that. We see smoke. We’re going with our water trucks, and that has come into use several times to put out a fire, and it is armed with a fire hose.” Kelly said they have not had a fire on their property, but staying prepared helps them and the fire crews. She says they try to help since it can take the local fire districts time to get to them. The closest to the ranch is Sunsites-Pearce Fire District.
