Virginia fire chief and congressman press for emergency egress authority to prevent entrapment in wildfires Representative Maguire and Chief Curtis Sheets argued for H.R. 6,365 to allow a short emergency-only gravel corridor across National Park Service land to connect Wintergreen to the Blue Ridge Parkway and reduce risk of catastrophic entrapment.

A single road in and out leaves the Wintergreen community vulnerable to devastating wildfires, but a proposed emergency corridor could be the lifeline they desperately need.

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