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ONE MAN IS MAKING IT HIS PERSONAL MISSION TO PUT OUT ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES ALONG THE BIG SUR COAST. ACTION NEWS REPORTER ALANI LETANG SPOKE WITH HIM AND SHE'S LIVE IN MONTERY WITH THAT STORY. ALANI.### BIG SUR LOCAL BRENDON SHAVE SAYS...MOST CASES ARE PEOPLE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES. WHEN THE SIGNS DON'T WORK AND FIRES SPARK .....THIS LOCAL STEPS IN BRENDON SHAVE-PUTTING OUT ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES CLIP#2990890 05:09:33 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO READ SIGNS AND BEHAVE, BUT THEN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT'RE LIKE 'HEY SCREW IT'" BUT BY THEN...LOCALS SAYS IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE THIS IS DASH CAM VIDEO SHAVE SHARED WITH KSBW ACTION NEWS. YOU SEE HIM DRIVING UP TO CAMP SITES WITH ILLEGAL FIRES BRENDON SHAVE-PUTTING OUT ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES CLIP#2990890 05:05:55 "YOU COULD BE ALL THE WAY IN SOME OTHER PLACE BEFORE YOU EVER REALIZE THAT THE CAMPFIRE YOU HAD, THE NIGHT BEFORE IS NOW A MONSTER FIRE THAT'S BURNING OUT OF CONTROL," SHAVE LIVES IN BIG SUR. AND SAYS HE HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES ALL SUMMER. HE SAYS MOST FIRES THAT ARE BURNING, AREN'T BEING WATCHED AND NEAR DRY GRASS BRENDON SHAVE-PUTTING OUT ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES CLIP#2990890 04:57:21 THERE WAS ONE TRIP WHEN I WAS HEADING TO WORK, IT WAS 8AM AND THREE FOOT FLAMES AND NO ONE AROUNDAND THAT SPARKED MY WOAH...THIS COULD HAPPEN? CAMPFIRES ARE LEGAL AT CAMPGROUND SITES.... SHAVE PATROLS CAMPERS OFF THE GRID. SPENDING NEARLY 300 DOLLARS IN GAS MONEY TO DO SO. BRENDON SHAVE-PUTTING OUT ILLEGAL CAMPFIRES CLIP#2990890 05:10:27 GENERALLY I TALK REAL QUITE AND SOFT, DON'T COME ON AGGRESSIVE 04:58:39 SO FAR EVERYBODY THAT TO COME UP TO AND I ASK THEM HEY YOU HAVE TO PUT IT OUTALMOST EVERYONE SAYS OK, THEY KNOW IT'S ILLEGAL A FUNDRAISER HAS BEEN STARTED TO RAISE MONEY FOR SHAVE...SOMETHING HE IS VERY THANKFUL FOR AND THAT WILL BE A BIG HELP. HE IS THINKING OF HAVING A WATER TANK FOR HISS TRUCK AND A PUMP. SO FAR ALMOST $4,000 HAVE BEEN RAISED. ERIN.### BIG SUR FIRE RELEASED A STATMENT THAT SAID THAT CAMPFIRES ARE A PROBLEM ON THE BIG SUR COAST...AND MORE OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT AFTER DARK. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY DO NOT CONDONE LOCALS TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, AND IS ILL ADVISED TO DO SO. ###

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One man is making it his personal mission to putout illegal campfires along the Big Sur coast. Brendon Shave, a Big Sur resident, said most cases are people not following the rules. When the signs don't work, and the fires spark, Shave steps in. "There's people who read signs and behave, but then there's people that're like 'hey screw it'" said Brendon Shave, Big Sur local putting out illegal campfires. However, by the time the fire is started, local said it might be too late. "You could be all the way in some other place before you ever realize that the campfire you had, the night before is now a monster fire that's burning out of control," Shave said. Shave has been putting out illegal campfires for several months. He said most fires that are burning, aren't being watched and near dry grass. "There was one trip when I was heading to work, it was 8 a.m. and three foot flames and nobody one around and that sparked like, woah this could happen?" Shave said. Campfires are legal at campground sites. Shave patrols campers off the grid, spending nearly $300 already in gas to do so. "Generally I talk real quite and soft, don't come on aggressive," Shave said. "So far everybody that I've come up to in the evening that's having a fire generally after sunset, and I ask them 'hey you're going to have to put that fire out, there's a penalty and a fine if you have a campfire.' Almost everybody has said OK, so that means they know it's illegal."A fundraiser has been started to raise money for Shave. Shave says he's very thanksful for the donations. He is thinking of having a water tank for his truck and a pump. SO far almost $4,00 has been raised.Big Sur Fire Chief Matt Harris released this statement :"The campfires are definitely a problem on the Big Sur Coast. It's frustrating for the locals as well as Big Sur Fire that there is a US Forest Service Order banning campfires due to dangerous hot and dry conditions yet there is no enforcement to make campers put them out. So some locals are taking matters in to their own hands which is dangerous and ill advised by our local law enforcement such as MCSO, State Parks and CHP to name a few. The jurisdiction is clearly federal but there are not enough resources for them to be effective in upholding their own order. Big Sur Fire has offered to assist but have yet to be given legal authority to enforce federal law." Harris also added that another problem is no enforcement after dark, when the campfires happen, and suggested that all agencies come together and figure out a plan.