This from Larry Shapiro:
It’s the season for controlled or prescribed burns, so I followed a huge header Tuesday afternoon (3/31/15) to the Busse Woods Forest Preserve where the Cook County FPD Resource Management firefighters were burning in a large field. I walked in and stayed for about 45 minutes as they moved through the area. Here are some images from the burn area of what’s called the Nature Preserve on the north side of the Salt Creek.
![huge flames and heavy smoke from prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3795.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![huge flames and heavy smoke from prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3824.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![huge flames and heavy smoke from prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3836.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![huge flames and heavy smoke from prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3839.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![wildland firefighter uses drip torch in field](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3871.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![wildland firefighter at prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3886.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![wildland firefighter uses drip torch in field](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3932.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![wildland firefighter at prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3942.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![wildland firefighter with huge flames](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3968.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
![huge flames and heavy smoke from prescribed burn](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150331_CCFP-3981.jpg)
Larry Shapiro photo
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