"We didn't really try to go out there to patrol the fire lines, because it was just an impossibility to see anything… I was really afraid that I might not be able to see all my crew the next morning."
Garcia Hunt: Can you describe any other memorable fires that you were in also?
Koyiyumptewa: The one that I was on in Oregon, when I was also in charge of a twenty-man crew, was we were on the night shift, just to make sure that there was no fires across the fire line. And I remember a gust of wind that started about midnight. Dust and ash and everything is blowing so hard that it was impossible to see. It was almost like, I guess I would say a high-intensity rainstorm. We had to take cover, because we couldn't be able to see. Sparks from the fire was also blowing, too. It was hard to see. We had to take shelter behind some of these huge logs. We didn't really try to go out there to patrol the fire lines, because it was just an impossibility to see anything. We waited until in the morning time when the storm blew over and then finally went out. We were supposed to be at the place, fifty feet apart, but each one of those were twenty-men crew. We pretty much took shelter where you could find. I was really afraid that I might not be able to see all my crew the next morning.