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Archive Home > 2010 > February > 04 > Up in smoke

Up in smoke

Looking ahead to the fire season, crews are setting burns near La Pine to reduce the danger from wildland blazes

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
February 4, 2010

Crews from the Bureau of Land Management were in southern Deschutes County on Wednesday, lighting the first of two controlled burns along Burgess Road a few miles west of La Pine.

Forest Service fuels specialist Nancy Wiggins said crews will be back in the area today to light the second of the....

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