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Volume 67, No. 34 | Thursday, August 20, 2015
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The Mount Midgely fire was first detected on Friday evening; this photo was taken in the early stages of the fire, around 10 p.m.
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Tense moments as wildfires burn south and north of Creston BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
On Friday evening, Creston Valley firefighters were nearly drawn into battling the Parker Ridge wildfire in Idaho that has been filling the area with smoke for two weeks. “We dodged a bullet,” Canyon-
Lister Fire Department Chief Glenn Guthrie said on Tuesday. “The threat was very real.” Guthrie said he had driven down to check the situation on Friday afternoon. Later in the evening, he drove a fire truck to the border crossing and, seeing a heavy blanket of black smoke rolling in toward the border, sounded an alarm for firefighters to mobilize. “On Friday night, Creston Fire Rescue assisted Canyon-Lister Fire Department at the Porthill/Rykerts
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“We dodged a bullet. The threat was very real.” Glenn Guthrie CLFD Chief
port of entry in protecting the facilities,” Creston fire chief Mike Moore said on Saturday. “Due to the high winds there was concern that the
fire may spread to the port of entry facilities after portions of Porthill were evacuated.” Creston sent its aerial truck to the scene and Canyon-Lister firefighters arrived with a fire engine and two water tenders. “The threat to these facilities passed and crews were not required, but were on standby should the fire spread to this important infrastructure to our community,” said Moore.
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