Show forest fire fighters in fast race missoula lis soula mont with flames licking at their heels a large crew of 0 tire fire fighters won a three mile race with death thursday when a conflagration sweeping through the st joe forest in the north fork country ot of the clearwater river suddenly burst beyond control and spread over a thousand acre area the tire fire started thirty miles south of 0 avery twenty men are being rushed to aid the thirty already fighting disparately to check the flames in the lolo 1010 forest west of Misso lua which already has done extensive damage to standing timber fitly fifty more men are on their way to donlan to reinforce a small crew which has thus tar far held the fire under pont control rol while sixty men are battling a conflagration near bull lake between noxon and troy one of the most scenic spots in the state from the kanitsu forest came a report to forestry headquarters here that in spite of the efforts of a score of men the fire was spreading swiftly the logging camp of the rutledge lumber company thousands adds of feet of logs and a large quantity tr of equipment were destroyed in the crouse creek tire fire on the pend dorceille dO forest in northern idaho the tire fire Is reported burning on oil a acre front |