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Mortar Creek firemen press Idaho blaze control
About 2,300 firefighters fresh from a day’s rest, reinforced, mounted an all out assault on the Mortar Creek forest fire in central Idaho’s Primitive Area, aiming to carve 28 miles of fire lines to contain the blaze by Sunday. A 10 day Western fires command closed at Boise after overseeing 40 fires, with $3.5 million spent. rain paused progress but clear skies allowed infrared surveys and resupply.
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Boise, Idaho
Mortar ‘Creek
Boise
Arnold Hartigan
Idaho
Mortar Creek
Normian’ Hesseldahl
Forest ‘Service
Hesseldah
Bruce Meadows
Indian Creek
Hesseldahl