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Show rnistiblo material throe feet away from the outside perimeter peri-meter of the fire. 2. Never leave your camp fire unattended, 3. Make sure your camp fire is dead out before leaving. "Use common .sense when picking your location for a camp fire and follow the rules, they are the law. With your help we can all enjoy our forests and recreation areas," Mr. Benson said, Fire Hazard Threat Increases With Hot Weather Tli is is the time of year when people flock to the mountains become alive with activity, says Russell E. Benson, Ben-son, district firewarden. The campgrounds, lakes, streams, and reservoirs, lie points out, take on the appearance of portable cities with trailers, tents, campers, anil camp fires. "With the late spring moisture mois-ture we have enjoyed in the southern Utah mountains this year," Mr, Benson said, "the grass has grown tall and thick, making the recreation areas green and beautiful, but with the hot weather we are now enjoying, the fire hazard in those areas is increasing." in-creasing." The fire control officers of the Utah Department Depart-ment of Forestry and Fire Control, the Bureau of Land Management, the U. S. Forest Service, and the National Parks Service ask all campers to help keep the recreation areas safe from fires by following fol-lowing the following camp fire rules: 1. Clear an area of all com- |