. >> i made one coer arod highway 70 to where you can t actually s pulga bridge.o i took my eyes off s e road for two seconds, looked upo saw it and made my report. (rad static hissing) (people talking on radio) >>arrator: the fire was by narrow dirt track called camp creek roadroca ain mckenzie decided it was too dangerous to drive a fire truck down it. >> narrato he requested air support to put out the fire, but it w windy to fly. ♪ it was a very sinking, very uncomfortable feeling seeing where it was at, um, and seeing how small it actually was relative to where it was at. it was a manageable-looking fire, if i could get to it. so... >> couldn't get to it.t it. (radio static hissing) (woman talking on radio) >> narrator: the fire was reing towards concow, remote settlement of around 700 people, about halfway between where the fire ignited and paradise. >> i got g couplof phone calls fr other chief officers asking if i wasaying attention to the radio. you know, i think like a lot of people, didn't really take it too serious-- we get a lot of fires up there. you