Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2009 > July > 07 > Cool weather could help crews fight Black Butte fire

Cool weather could help crews fight Black Butte fire

But the 300-acre blaze is in a steep, tricky location

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
July 7, 2009

A lightning-sparked fire burned through about 300 acres of dense ponderosa pine and fir Monday on the east slope of Black Butte, as fire crews, air tankers and helicopters tried to keep the season’s first big fire from spreading.

The Black Butte II Fire, seven miles northwest of....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.