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Archive Home > 2002 > July > 17 > State battles multiple wildfires

State battles multiple wildfires

Kitzhaber says season is already shaping up as worst in Oregon's history

By Melissa Bearns, Rachel Odell James Sinks / The Bulletin
July 17, 2002

Resources are stretched thin as fire crews across Oregon continue to battle more than 19 large fires burning on nearly 120,000 acres.

The Oregon fires make up more than a quarter of all wildland fires burning in the nation.

On Tuesday, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho,....

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