Vernal Express | 1978-07-13 | Page 1 | Long Park Forest Fire Burns 740 Acres of Timber

I y V I fell Iwi Sr m e DUrnS Cl I fi The Long Park forest fire was con- in the mop up stage Monday by Ashley National Forest Fire Staff of- John after it burned acres of to n there were persons on the fire at its peak and there were five dozers making fire There were mostly ground equipment and personnel used in the along with two is a rough estimate and the total will probably not be know for about six At the present time there are persons on patrol at the fire make a practice to patrol the site for a certain period of time to make sure it is completely fire started Monday July from an undetermined he ex- and we sent the last of the people home last Monday so the fire lasted roughly one At the present there have been 13 fires on the Ashley National Forest with 10 of this total in the Flaming Gorge Ranger