75% Containment on the Taylor Butte Fire, McCarty Fire grows

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75% Containment on the Taylor Butte Fire, McCarty Fire grows

Wet storms over the past two days have continued to moderate the Taylor Butte Fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest Chiloquin Ranger District. 

The lightning sparked fire is 293 acres and will be 75 percent contained by the end of today.  Full containment is expected by 6 p.m. Saturday.

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Lightning sparked, Taylor Butte Fire burning in the Chiloquin Ranger District

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Lightning sparked, Taylor Butte Fire burning in the Chiloquin Ranger District

Chiloquin, Ore. – Firefighters are currently working on the Taylor Butte fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest Chiloquin Ranger District. The fire, discovered Saturday afternoon is burning in a remote area of the District near the headwaters of the Williamson River, south of the Head of the River Campground.  It is approximately 20 miles east of Chiloquin.

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