Hundreds pack Sunset Fire meeting
Joe Sampson, incident commander of Northern Rockies Team 5, outlines the steps that local, federal and state firefighters are taking on the Sunset Fire, a 3,200-acre fire in southern Bonner County.
Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER
SANDPOINT— The terrain is challenging, but moderate temperatures have slowed the Sunset Fire's growth, federal, state and local firefighters told the large crowd gathered Monday.
Several hundred people packed North Summit's south building, spilling into the entryway and lining the walls, before the meeting was moved to the church's sanctuary to accommodate the large crowd. The move, which only took several minutes, prompted a small moment of levity when Northern Rockies Team 5 Public Information Officer Terina Hill thanked the crowd for making it look easy.
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