UPDATED: 2nd DE Wildland Fire Crew Battling Copper Mountain Fire

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UPDATED – 8-13-18 – Twenty wildland firefighters from Delaware are part of 137 personnel battling the Copper Mountain Fire, a 180-acre blaze located four miles east of Eastport, Idaho on the Canadian border.  Michael A. Valenti of Dover, Delaware’s state forester and crew boss, reports that “firefighters are working in rough terrain and completing very long…

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2nd Crew of MD Wildland Firefighters in Montana

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Maryland’s second crew of wildland firefighters has been mobilized and have been sent to Montana.  The crew consists of 14 members of the MD DNR – from the Maryland Forest Service, Park Service and Wildlife and Heritage Service.  They join an additional 160 people who have been assigned to the Tenmile Fire for a 14…

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