Fire season brings plenty of blazes, but few big ones

Like most of the country, the region has avoided conflagrations – so far

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
August 10, 2009

This week, firefighting crews quashed dozens of fires sparked by the 4,500 lightning strikes that hit the area the previous weekend. But the fire managers trained to tackle the biggest, most complex fires sat behind desks, did fieldwork and went about their regular, year-round jobs.

And for the....

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