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Big Blowup 1910 Fires Shaped U S Fire Policy
Ninety years ago this week a wildfire blitz across Idaho Montana and Washington covered millions of acres. The Big Blowup killed eighty five people including many firefighters and prompted Congress to fund federal fire fighting.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Bitterroot Mountains
Watertown
N.Y
Congress
United States
Mark Petersen
The
Lands Council