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WhiteBlaze
07-18-2012, 13:00
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEfe7STbE784I7-8ymdoQxlyJE5VQ&url=http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2012/07/18/news/doc5006e6e6e64a8648672197.txt"><b>Salisbury Fire Reported by <b>Appalachian Trail</b> Hiker Being Extinguished</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Litchfield County Times</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Six area fire departments had been called out to offer mutual aid to provide the manpower needed to locate the blaze, which was reported by an <b>Appalachian Trail</b> hiker who had seen it earlier in the morning. The man had walked for about 15 minutes <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dOQMHyqE9FqOJ1M"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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Driver8
07-19-2012, 10:55
Sounds like it's not on Lion's Head, as the article first says, but rather south of Rt. 44 on Weetauwanchu Mountain, Raccoon Hill or Prospect Mountain. Hope they got it stanched - the rains of yesterday may have saved the area from a much worse fire.