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300 work to safeguard Sisters.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-JUL-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 300 work to safeguard Sisters.(Environment)(Firefighters control the eastern edge of a wildfire burning close to town and slow its advance; officials hope to capitalize on cooler temperatures)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard

BLACK CRATER FIRE

SISTERS - Firefighters on Friday gained footing on a 2,700-acre wildland fire southwest of this tourist town, containing a small part of a nearly week-old blaze that was one of the top priorities among wildfires nationwide.

The Black Crater Fire was about five miles from Sisters and its 2,100 residents Friday evening, but firefighters controlled about 5 percent of the blaze along its eastern edge, closest to town and outlying communities.

The fire gained only 16 acres Friday and showed "very little advancement" toward Sisters, said Peter Frenzen of the Northwest Oregon Interagency Team. It was a half-mile west of the evacuation point...

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