Officials developed plans to burn about 2,000 acres of dense forest near the park 's southwest border by dropping incendiary devices , hoping to burn off fuel from the wildfire 's path .
Officials tentatively planned to burn about 2,000 acres of dense forest by dropping incendiary devices from the air , aiming to remove fuel from the wildfire 's path .
But he confessed : " There 's total fear to start with because you are completely at the mercy of the winds . "