To stop the fire, the user can create a fireline with the tool that looks like a pick and widen the fireline by creating a backfire with the drip torch. Weather is the most variable of the ...

(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Cal Fire’s David Martinez and Rafael Barrientos use drip torches Tuesday to ignite burn piles. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel) Passing motorists and ...