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Show Fire danger on Forest nears critical point Fire danger Is reaching a critical point in southern Utah forests the U.S. Forest Service warns , as residents and visitors move into the area for the annual Independence Independ-ence Pay celebration. Four major blazes have erupted er-upted on the Dixie National Forest this year. The last was Wednesday and Thursday Thurs-day of last week when 90 to 100 acres were burned in a man caused blaze on the Asay Knolls of Cedar Mountain. A large stand of Ponderosa pine was destroyed ag well as major ma-jor portions of the underbrush. Officials of the Dixie. Forest For-est report that all four fires have been man caused, indicating indi-cating a need for concern and caution during this long week-end. week-end. - - 1 1 m i |