The 8.5 Mile fire that destroyed David and Linda Keirstand’s home and became a 4-acre forest fire was contained by US Forest Service firefighters and local volunteers on Friday, after nearly four days of battling flames.
Last week, 20 United States Forest Service firefighters and a helicopter took over efforts from local volunteers to battle the forest fire. Firefighters surrounded the perimeter of the fire with hoses and cut grass and brush to bare soil…