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Monday, September 28, 2009

Weekend fire update


Seemed to be a pretty slow weekend - no huge fire worries at least. The wind worry on Saturday didn't result in any huge blowups of the Saddle Mountain fire west of Arlee. As of Sunday, it hadn't grown more than about 7 acres from Friday afternoon. The smoke kept down throughout the weekend as well. Several crews, two helicopters and a tanker were worhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifking to contain hot spots.
About two miiles up Saddle MOountain Road on Friday was blocked off and closed due to fire danger. A few wisps of smoke could be seen coming from the west side of the ridge.e

The Baldy Fire near Lakeside seems to be a lot more worrisome. More than 100 residents were on watch for equacuation. You can read more here.

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