Crews douse several small lightning fires

Published 3:46 pm Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Fire crews have doused several more small wildfires sparked by lightning on Sunday, Sept. 8.

Most of the fires are west of the Elkhorn Mountains.

* Granite area, 27 miles southwest of Baker City, 0.08 of an acre, lightning caused.

* Limber Jim Creek area, southwest of La Grande, 0.1 of an acre, lightning caused

* Meadow Creek area, 24 miles east of Ukiah, 6.7 acres, lightning caused

* Chicken Creek area, 23 miles southwest of La Grande, 0.1 of an acre, lightning caused

* Crane Flats area, 5 miles north of Granite, 0.15 of an acre, lightning caused

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