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Article: FIRE UPDATE, METHOW VALLEY RANGER DISTRICT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 4, 2009
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WINTHROP, Wash., July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Okanogan National Forest - issued the following press release:
Today, Methow Valley Ranger District enlisted help for 16 fires on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Management of fires east of the Methow River was delegated to a Type 3 incident management team led by John Barnes, Incident Commander. The team was also given responsibility for initial attack of new fires in that area.
The team, whose resources include four crews, five engines and two water tenders, staffed nine of the 16 fires today. Two of the nine are now out and the remaining seven fires were controlled and are in ...