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  • Firefighters Put An End To 6 Month Blaze

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    CNN.com
    Posted: January 2nd, 2003

    The Biscuit wildfire burning in southwest Oregon since mid-July was finally declared out Tuesday, 172 days after it began. At its peak, nearly 7,000 firefighters and support personnel were battling the flames.


  • Fire Officials Think Boys Caused Christmas Fire

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    THE OREGONIAN
    Posted: December 27th, 2002

    Two youngsters who were critically injured in a Christmas morning fire may be the only ones who know how the blaze started in their second-floor bedroom, Salem fire officials said Thursday.


  • Passersby Enter Burning Home, Rescue Couple

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    The Associated Press
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    NEWBURG — An elderly couple was in critical condition Wednesday after a mother and daughter out Christmas shopping rescued them from a house fire.


  • Two Dead in Tri City Trailer Fire

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    The News-REview
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    TRI CITY — Two people are dead and a third was taken to a Portland hospital after a fire burned a family’s mobile home to the ground this morning.