Show Eight Fires Strike Moab in Day 7 Spree None Serious I One of or the the worst worst vorst weeks weeks for fires in Moab's history culminated culminated culminated today at 1 pm p.m. when the alarm sounded calling the local volunteer department to the Gent Gen Hilt residence to extinguish extinguish extinguish extin extin- a brush fire In Pack creek Today's fire brought the total of fires for the week to eight Exceptionally dry conditions conditions conditions con con- caused most of the fires the blazes starting in brush and several cases spreading to buildings The epidemic of alarms started started start sturt- ed last Thursday afternoon when whenn n a frame duplex owned by I I. I D. D Howell was damaged extensively by a n fire caused according to the department report by gasoline I Igniting The north side of the structure was most heavily I damaged Friday May 23 volunteer firemen firemen firemen fire fire- men answered an alarm at Ferns Fern's cafe and rooms where a mattress In a room caught fire when the occupant apparently apparently apparently fell asleep while smoking The frame Crame building received only slight damage department officials officials off i dais stated Two fires were reported Mon Mon- day A cutting torch Ignited aar aar a n jar ar belonging to Dean Malin while scrap metal was being cut Little damage resulted Another Another Another An An- other alarm three hours later called the firemen to extinguish a brush fire behind Walker subdivision subdivision subdivision sub sub- division behind the Darrel Reardon Reardon Reardon Rear- Rear don residence This Tills fire was controlled before Buildings were endangered A small building belonging to the Bureau of Land Management Management Management Manage Manage- ment was destroyed Tuesday at noon when a grass fire spread to the structure and ignited paint point and maintenance supplies with with- in The cause was unknown The fierce blaze fed by bythe the combustible combustible combustible combus combus- tible materials within the shed completely ruined the small frame building Wednesday the week was capped capped capped cap cap- ped with two alarms caused by spreading ding brush fires A fire In Inthe Inthe inthe the orchard of the Mons Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son property on the west side of town was extinguished at pm p.m. Less than one hour later firemen were called out to fight a n damaging fire again at the tho Bureau of Land Management Department of the Interior storage storage storage stor stor- age yard A grass fire there spread from the old cemetery to toa toa toa a truck and a stack of ot cedar r posts Before It could be brought under control it had reached a coal pile and a storage building Today's fire was not serious and was promptly extinguished upon the arrival of the volunteer volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer department |