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Close-up photos of Cedar Fire south of Elko

MIKE McMILLAN
Jul 22, 2020
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Mike McMillan, task force leader on the Cedar Fire south of Elko, took these photos of burning operations by engine crew members along Twin Bridges Road on the evening of July 19 and CL-415 "scooper planes" working on the fire's north flank on July 20. One of the photos shows a member of a hand crew from Umatilla, Oregon, cutting a tree as it burns.

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