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100-acre blaze burns in Keating Valley


BAKER CITY — A fire sparked by farm equipment on the hottest June day on record in Baker County raced through dry grass and sagebrush in Keating Valley, threatening several homes before crews from multiple agencies, with help from a pair of air tankers, stopped the blaze Tuesday, June 29.
“It really took off in 110-degree heat with 20-mile-an-hour winds behind it,” said Buzz Harper, chief of the Keating Rural Fire Protection District. “In that heat and wind it could have been real bad.”
The fire burned about 100 acres, Harper said. No homes were damaged.
Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash said the sheriff’s office gave evacuation notices to about 10 residents as a precaution. ....

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