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Stacy focused on the Brookfield Fire. It was a beast that had swept down out of the Ochoco National Forest, destroyed everything along Brookfield Lane in Prineville, Oregon almost before the alarm was sounded. It had already made authorities issue an evacuation order for a whole section of town. A dozen homes were already gone and a new neighborhood was under direct threat.
Assets were pouring in, but they were focused on blocking the heart of the fire that was headed straight for town. The new developments that had been spreading out north and east of the town were wide open. And there wasn’t a whole lot of water in the arid countryside. All of the water was pumped out for irrigation of the broad fields, but was little help to their current situation. The nearest open water was the B
