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Archive Home > 2002 > July > 13 > Warm Springs wildfire explodes

Warm Springs wildfire explodes

Lightning-sparked fire grew to 1,200 acres on Friday

By Tom Peterson / The Bulletin
July 13, 2002

LAKE BILLY CHINOOK - A wildfire burning near the Warm Springs Reservation exploded Friday from 212 acres to more than 1,200 acres, threatening two dozen vacation homes and closing two campgrounds.

More than 400 firefighters flanked both sides of the Metolius arm of the lake Friday, battling the....

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