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Show Oyer 500 Fires Reported In Intermountain Forests Up To Oct. 1st Up to October 1, the national forests for-ests of the intermountain area had a total of 502 fires which burned 10,446 acres. This is a slight reduction in number of fires but an increase in acres burned as compared with the same period last year. Of these 502 fires, 313 were caused by lightning and 189 resulted re-sulted from human . carelessness. The national forests by states have the following record this year: Southern Idaho, 315 fires of which 75 were man-caused; Utah, 108 fires of which 66 were man-caused; Nevada, 56 fires of which 33 were man-caused; and Wyoming, 23 fires of which 14 were man-caused. In commenting on the fire record rec-ord for this year, John N. Kinney, Assistant Regional Forester, said, "We are glad the fire season is drawing to a close.- The forests have been exceptionally dry, especially es-pecially at the lower elevations, and grass fires have been exceptionally excep-tionally hard to control. While the situation has been helped by storms at the higher elevations, there is still considerable fire hazard haz-ard in the foothills. All hunters are urged to help the forest rangers rang-ers by leaving a clean camp and a dead fire. Be sure your matches and cigarettes are cold before you drop them." |