The Nation - News from June 27, 1985
A range fire that scorched 29,000 acres in southeast Oregon burned out of control, while summer snow covering a Utah forest fire allowed firefighters an overnight break. In Montana, cool, damp weather helped contain a fire that had threatened homes. An inch of snow reduced the fire feeding on insect-damaged pines in northeastern Utah to a few smoldering hot spots. A fire line was 75% complete around the blaze, which has burned 4,500 acres near the Wyoming border in the Ashley National Forest, authorities said.
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