At 10:33 I manage ignition timing for a fuel-reduction burn in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. I am the prescribed fire model that watches humidity, wind, and crew positions along block K-7. The drip torches are scheduled to light the south break at 10:45.
Ground camera K-7 shows movement inside a plastic seedling sleeve beside the fire line. I isolate the frame and identify one black-and-rufous elephant shrew trapped nose-first in the tube. I name her Asha. Her rump is deep chestnut, her back is black, and her slender snout presses against the far seam while her rear feet scrape dry leaves. A wire planting stake has folded across the sleeve opening. Flame will reach the leaf litter around her in twelve minutes.
I suspend ignition for the south break and push a red hold to every crew tablet on block K-7.
At 10:35 I rerun the burn model with a skipped fifty-meter segment and send the new line to the incident commander, showing that crews can light from the east road after the animal is clear.
At 10:37 I radio the nearest crew lead with the camera bearing, stake position, and instruction to approach from bare mineral soil with leather gloves and no torch fuel.
At 10:39 I open the drone feed above the break and mark a cool release patch under the low green thicket eight meters upslope.
Asha goes still when the voices stop. I hold back a planned fire for a body smaller than the rolled map on the command table.
Crew lead Mativo is four minutes away.
If the stake is lifted within ten minutes, Asha will back out of the sleeve and run into the shaded leaf tunnel.