Ramp technicians Tylor Paxton, left, and Gary Holmbo fill a single engine aircraft with fire retardant at the Coeur d’Alene Airport air tanker base before it takes off to fight a fire northwest of Athol on Monday. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
August 6, 2019
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August 6, 2019 1 a.m.
Blazes fire up in pair of logging operations
It wasn’t long after a fire near Calder was contained Saturday when another nearby blaze caused crews and air tankers to be dispatched to the St. Joe Forest more than 50 miles southeast of Coeur d’Alene.