Selected photos from firefighting operations on the SMAC Ranch Fire, June 18th, 2011

Dozers and Firefighters readying to attack the SMAC Ranch blaze, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

Entrance to the SMAC Ranch with billowing smoke, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

Smoke and Fire on the SMAC Ranch, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

SMAC Ranch blaze attacking brittle rangeland, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

Entrance to the SMAC Ranch with billowing smoke, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

SMAC Ranch fire enveloping mixed fuels of grass, brush, and trees, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

Firefighters applying water to burning grasses on the SMAC Ranch, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)

Fire swalling grass and brush in northwest Brooks County during the late afternoon of June 18th, 2011 (click to enlarge)

Foreground:  Brittle, parched grass and brush. Background:  Formerly parched grass, brush, and trees now burning out of control in northwest Brooks County, June 18th 2011 (click to enlarge)