MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — As Alabama Forestry officials keep an eye on dry conditions at home, the wildfire threat is even worse out west. Sometimes local firefighters are sent to lend a hand. Wildfires can be a problem anywhere, but in Idaho, the lay of the land is different.
“The terrain is a lot different. We’re a lot flatter here in Mobile and Baldwin County,” Forestry Specialist William Robertson said. “The terrain, you know, with the mountains and stuff, fires driven by terrain over wind, and that’s the conditions, takes them a little longer to control fires.”
Robertson just finished a three-week stint in Central Idaho, helping firefighters out west with a recent rash of fires…