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By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
July 9, 2009
The wildfire consuming the east slope of Black Butte has doubled in size since Monday, now burning through about 650 acres of ponderosa pine and fir.
More than 350 people — Hotshot crews, contract crews, people in helicopters and those working fire engines — are trying to....