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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Tom Peterson Julie Johnson / The Bulletin
May 24, 2001
More than 150 lightning strikes touched off at least 10 separate fires in Central Oregon on Wednesday afternoon as thunderheads sent bolts flashing to the ground while passing over tinder-dry forest and rangeland.
A forest fire burned more than 50 acres eight miles northeast of Sisters near....