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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Laura Moss / The Bulletin
July 4, 2006
A heat wave penetrated the air Monday morning atop Pilot Butte as a massive fireball exploded into the sky. Five seconds later the flame was gone, but a large, dark gray smoke ring floated about 100 feet in the air.
Fire officials and the crew preparing the fireworks exploded the gas mine to....