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Letting a fire burn to 10,000 acres

Documents and officials reconstruct the strategy to fight one of 2011"s largest timber blazes

On Aug. 28, days after a lightning storm crossed over Central Oregon, an observer in the Black Butte lookout tower noticed the first sign of what would become the Shadow Lake Fire.

Burning in thick Mount Washington Wilderness timber, the fire, spotted at 2:30 p.m., put off smoke indicative of....

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