From the Garfield County Examiner:
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From the Garfield County Examiner:
Blue Mountain Blaze Threatens Anatone.
The blaze spotted early yesterday morning by a Department of Lands employee at the Wenatchee Lookout Tower has now burned thousands of acres of wilderness and forced the evacuation of several high mountain campgrounds.
Fire crews now have the wild fire sixty percent contained to the west and south-west, where it threatened the evacuation of Stentz Springs and Baker’s Pond area homes. High winds continue to drive the blaze eastward, where it threatens residents of Anatone.
It is unclear if the fire was started by lightning or humans.
The inmate fire crew from the State Prison in Orofino, Idaho is now working with Washington fire fighters to contain the blaze’s eastern front.
A small party rescued by an Air National Guard helicopter crew surveying the area was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, and are being questioned.
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