FIRE REPORT: Acreage estimates down on Cowlitz Complex fires
A helicopter drops water on the Airplane Lake fire, burning in the Cascades 53 miles northwest of Wenatchee.
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MOSES LAKE — Of the 30 fires that make up the Cowlitz Complex in Gifford Pinchot National Forest between Mount Rainier and the Columbia River, half are now out, according to the U.S. Forest Service, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The complex showed 12% containment Saturday and improved mapping has allowed authorities to decrease the acreage to about 660 acres. The U.S. Forest Service reported that 439 personnel were fighting the fire. Estimated costs had risen to a bit less than $7.2 million.
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