The wildfire that burned across hundreds of acres and triggered evacuation notices this weekend between Gold Bar and Index has been fully contained. Crews also have finished setting up containment lines around another fire near Oso and are working on beating the flames back to 100 feet inside of those lines.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2016 2:01:55 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

The wildfire that burned across hundreds of acres and triggered evacuation notices this weekend between Gold Bar and Index has been fully contained. Crews also have finished setting up containment lines around another fire near Oso and are working on beating the flames back to 100 feet inside of those lines.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2016 2:01:55 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

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Mike Myers, 49, who retired as Las Vegas fire chief in 2013 after a 26-year career with the department and went on to work as chief of a fire department in St. Charles, Missouri, has been selected to be Portland's next fire chief. City Commissioner Dan Saltzman said Monday that Myers was selected from 31 applicants in a national search.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: oregonian