The fire -- the worst many area residents could remember -- had raced through its first 24 hours but grew more slowly Friday and was estimated to have burned about 2,000 acres of grass and trees by nightfall.
July 12, 2003
The fire -- the worst many area residents could remember -- had raced through its first 24 hours but grew more slowly Friday and was estimated to have burned about 2,000 acres of grass and trees by nightfall.