Lightning Creek Fire exceeds initial attack efforts
An aerial view of the Lightning Creek Fire.
Photo courtesy U.S. FOREST SERVICE
Storm systems that moved through the region this week, have pushed a fire in the Lightning Creek drainage past initial attack efforts. It is now estimated between 200 to 250 acres.
Photo courtesy U.S. FOREST SERVICE
HOPE — A wildfire in the Lightning Creek drainage has quickly grown since it was first reported late Wednesday, July 30 and is now estimated at 200-250 acres, thanks in part to storm systems that moved through the region this week, U.S. Forest Service officials said Saturday.
Engines were dispatched, but terrain, access, and nighttime visibility prevented any action on the fire located about 8 miles east/northeast of Hope, said Kary Maddox, USFS fire information officer. The next morning, the fire was estimated about a half-acre.
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