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A helicopter circles around to come back after dropping water on the Nettleton Gulch fire in Coeur d'Alene. The fire area is about 26 acres and crews Sunday night were able to establish hand lines on two-thirds of the west flank. On Monday, firefighters worked on minimizing fire growth. There are no evacuations and no structures are currently deemed at risk as of press time.

A helicopter circles around to come back after dropping water on the Nettleton Gulch fire in Coeur d'Alene. The fire area is about 26 acres and crews Sunday night were able to establish hand lines on two-thirds of the west flank. On Monday, firefighters worked on minimizing fire growth. There are no evacuations and no structures are currently deemed at risk as of press time.

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Nettleton Gulch neighbors recount Sunday blaze; IDL says it was held to 26 acres

A full 24 hours after a sniper began firing at firefighters combating a brush fire on Nettleton Gulch Road, the smoke had cleared beyond the emergency staging area. Nora Pierce was home near the Cancourse by Miner's Loop and Shadduck Lane with her dog, Mowgli. Her husband, Jim Pierce, alerted her that there had been trouble on Canfield Mountain and that she should prepare for anything.