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Show s Hundreds Fight Forest Fires In Garfield County The first heavy electrical, storm of the summer brought f on a rash of forest fires in the dry hills, and an interruption in power service Monday and Tuesday. A fire believed to have been ' started by lightning on the','' upper Mammoth threatened the summer homes there and " had more than a hundred man on the fire line before it waa brought under control Tuss-day night, according to Forest Ranger Jack Large of Pangultch. . While that fight was going on, another fire in UppirVal ley near Escalante was being brought under control by a force of eight men, and a "big one" got under way on Boulder Mountain and still burn5, Ing Tuesday night. Lightning struck a powjpf line pole in Marysvale canyori Monday evening and cut off power for about 20 minutes. |