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Show Fire danger high; campers urged to use caution The summer fire season has started in earnest and firefighters with federal agencies have reason to expect more trouble because of dry conditions, said the U.S. Forest Service fire dispatcher in Vernal. "We're really in a high fire danger," said dispatcher Helen Frazier, urging that campers be careful during the three-day holiday weekend. . She said vegetation is extremely dry for the most part below the 8,000-foot level. The use of fireworks, which is illegal il-legal on federal lands, "will definitely cause fires," she said. Campers should not leave fires burning, burn-ing, thinking that afternoon thunder-showers thunder-showers would put them out, she added. "All thundershowers do is create high winds and verga" a condition is which the rain evaporates before hitting the ground. Some 17 lightning-caused and nine man-caused fires have been reported since July 11 in the Ashley National Na-tional Forest, Ms. Frazier said. Between Bet-ween MaTch 1 and July 11, 15 were reported. None have been serious so far. Crews battled a handful last weekend in the Flaming Gorge District of the Ashley National Forest, she said. The highest elevations have the least danger because they have more moisture. Bureau of Land Management lands at the lowest elevations, tremely dry, said Ms. Frazier Last weekend the Fore BLMand Bureau of Indian 1, cessfully joined in a 20-m Interagency In-teragency firefighting team ft |