[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Ordnance hampers fire-fighting at Tanana Flats, Alaska

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Willow Creek Fire burns across river from Rosie Creek homes

by Molly Rettig
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK)
June 24, 2010

FAIRBANKS - Smoke from the Willow Creek Fire in the Tanana Flats drifted 
into Fairbanks on Wednesday as the fire came within a couple of miles of 
homes in Rosie Creek.

The Willow Creek Fire, which was caused by lightning June 10, had burned 
1,163 acres on the south side of the Tanana River as of Wednesday afternoon.

...

One reason for the air-only attack is that the land, owned by the U.S. 
Army, is a former bombing range, said Tami DeFries, fire management 
officer for the Alaska Fire Service Military Zone.

...

For the entire article, see
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/8031452/article-Willow-Creek-Fire-burns-across-river-from-Rosie-Creek-homes?

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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