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Archive Home > 2007 > July > 15 > ‘Big, scary fire’ changed outlook

‘Big, scary fire’ changed outlook

Five years after Eyerly, the emphasis is on reducing the risk of similar fires

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
July 15, 2007

It was a hot, windy July day five years ago when the Eyerly Fire, sparked by lightning on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, jumped the Metolius River at the south end of the reservation and started burning on U.S. Forest Service land.

“Late in the afternoon, it kicked off and it....

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