Show State land fire costly to control A lightning lightning caused aused fire that started in the Book Cliffs area of northern Grand County cost to suppress State Forester Paul L L. told Governor Calvin L L. Hampton HAMPTON SAm SAIL he would try to absorb the cost of the fire out of his emergency fund but may ask the Utah Legislature for a special appropriation in January to cover over the cost The fire was declared out of control June Junc 28 It has consumed 1900 acres of timber brush and grassland and is being mopped up by a man 10 crew said on June 28 he declared the blaze a campaign fire which time we went full bore to stop it S at a cost of per day per man were used for the first time in history on a fire on state land Three helicopters shuttled equipment between the fire and a base camp and fire retardant drops were made by airplanes based at Salt Lake International Airport A maximum of persons fought the blaze at once said He said the work was difficult because it had to tobe tobe tobe be done by hand since heavy machinery couldn't be taken into the rugged country |