Sean C. Morgan
Unseasonable three-digit temperatures, red-flag warnings and dry fuels have prompted an early declaration of fire season and use restrictions in the woodlands surrounding Sweet Home.
Conditions are so ripe for combustion that officials decided not to light fires for the annual Sweet Home Fire School held here last week for the first time in the 19-year history of the program. Normally, on Friday of Fire School, new firefighters go out and fight…