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By THKRKSA RKY NOLDS
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Fighting fire with fire was one method used to control a forest fire that burned west of Washington in the Big Devils Stairs canyon from early Saturday afternoon until Monday morning’s rain dampened the last smoking stumps.
Assistant Chief Park Ranger Randy Baynes said that a crew of park rangers and specially- trained volunteers burned off the fuel remaining between the canyon fire and the edge of the fire line. "This stopped the fire from spreading." Baynes said. "If we can eliminate the fuel, we can contain fire damage.” Baynes said that dry winds had turned the newly-emerging leaves into paper-dry fuel for a fire that burned out of control over sixty-five acres apparently from an illegal campfire in the Devil's Stairs
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