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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
December 4, 2008
The prescribed burn near Camp Sherman that would become the Wizard Fire was left unchecked for about 18 hours — and in that time, the fire jumped its boundaries and started spreading, ultimately burning about 1,850 acres in the Metolius basin.
If there had been patrols of the site, the....