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Crews have completed firelines surrounding the Sand Mountain and Johnson Creek fires burning in Latah and Clearwater counties, and continue to make progress toward complete containment, according to a report

Crews are gaining ground on the Leland Complex of timber fires burning locally in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.  Firefighters have increased containment on the blazes over the last two days. The Sand Mountain Fire in North Latah County outside Harvard is now 82% contained at around 1,600 acres.  Containment on the Johnson Creek Fire North of Elk River has increased to 63% at about 1,300 acres. Resources on the fires have started to demobilize.  The blazes were sparked by lightni...

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