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Article: Thirtymile Fire -- Cantwell Sees Smoldering Problems in Forest Service -- Senator says straight answers about fire safety not coming

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May 8, 2002
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After a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday, Sen. Maria Cantwell said she's worried another fatal fire like that at Thirtymile could happen again this year.

She doesn't believe the Forest Service has solved the problems that got four Central Washington firefighters killed in July.

The hearing - focusing on Forest Service preparedness for the 2002 fire season - ended up being, as Cantwell put it, "contentious."

At its conclusion, the senator announced she would introduce a bill much like a provision dropped from the recent Farm Bill, which calls for the inspector general of the Department of Agriculture to investigate firefighter deaths in the Forest Service. The new bill also would require the same ...

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