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Governor Mead Tours Fire Damaged Areas
August 1, 2012
Oil Creek Fire
Oil Creek Fire
August 1, 2012 
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Newcastle Oil Creek Fire, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
July 4, 2012
North of Newcastle the Oil Creek Fire has burned over 58,000 acres with about 40 percent containment. Those numbers were reported late Wednesday.
Incident Information Officer, Mary Bean says area evacuations have been lowered to level one and so far only one structure, a barn, has been destroyed. She
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Fire Watch Roundup
July 4, 2012
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Winds Push Newcastle Fire Away From Town
July 2, 2012
Fire crews out of Washington and Oregon took over management of a fire burning north of Newcastle Monday morning. The Oil Creek fire was last assessed at 3100 acres on Sunday, but Fire Information Officer, Chuck Turley, says the fire grew significantly in the last 24 hours with prevailing winds pushing the fire north and away from town.