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Archive Home > 2001 > July > 17 > Elevation is a concern as crews work to quench Bald Peter Fire

Elevation is a concern as crews work to quench Bald Peter Fire

The fire is unique in that it is burning at a higher elevation

By Tom Peterson / The Bulletin
July 17, 2001

CAMP SHERMAN " Within the 1,800-acre plus burn of lodge-pole pine and sub-alpine fir, a soot-covered and sweaty Alfonso Martinez used his "combi," a shovel turned at a 90-degree angle, to dig through the ashes and turn over charred logs still glowing with embers on....

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