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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT - Thursday, July 14. 11)55 Page 9 Report Of The Recent Lightning Fires Visitors Here On The Chetco Ranger District From Denmark We Again Announce T h e N a tio n a l F o r e s t p ic k e t! u p tw o li g h t n i n g f i r e s n e a r B r o o k in g s f r o m th e t h u n d e r s t o r m o f J u n e ' 9 th . T h e f ir s t w a s s p o t te d b y a i r p la n e p a t r o l a n d w a s lo c a t e d a b o u t 5 m ile s a b o v e th e W in c h u c h i C a m p G r o u n d , o n S a n k y C re e k . ! T h is f i r e w a s b u r n i n g in t h e t o p o f a la r g e R e d w o o d tr e e . 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