| Show Flaming Gorge fire burns acres A fire on the Ashley National Forest about 10 miles south of Flaming Gorge burned acres Sunday before it was controlled by a man 65 fire firefighting firefighting firefighting fighting crew said Robert Hobert A. A Rowen forest supervisor The Flaming Gorge fire was spotted at pm p.m. Sunday on Bear Mountain near the east shoreline of Flaming Gorge Reservoir 10 miles south of Lucerne The fire was under control at noon Monday FOURTEEN SMOKE jumpers jum pers pens were dropped t at the fire site The jumpers have been working out of the Vernal Municipal Airport in a converted converted converted con con- DC 3 plane fighting fires fins for the Park Service Bureau of 01 Indian Affairs and Forest Service during the past two weeks Mr Rowen stated the cause of 01 the fire is still being investigated investigated investigated in in- but it has the indications in hr indications of 01 being cause caused t by man The steep terrain of the area and the abundance abundance of pinion juniper and Douglas fir made It important to control this fire before it consumed additional forest lands in the Flaming Gorge Recreation Area ArM emphasized emphasized em em- Mr Rowen |
