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Battle Creek Fire Suppression Reaches Containment
Fire crews flown from Oregon Washington Montana and Colorado battled the Battle Creek blaze with 300 personnel by Monday. Ground teams fought steep terrain using infantry style methods as smokejumpers laid a water line and helicopters dropped retardant parcels. By Sunday the fire was near containment with 640 acres burned and costs around 200000 dollars.
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Oregon
Washington
Montana
Colorado
Bruce Meinders
Missoula
Battle Creek
Lightning Creek
Kulhanek
Bob Graham
Meinders
Graham
Gordon Cordes
Sandpoint
Forest Service
Plans
Jerry Allen
Black Tail Lake
Allen
Cordes
Rattle Creek
Blacktail Lake