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Fire Wise

Our editorial today concerned fire risk in the Inland Northwest. We rarely get tornadoes. We're not a hurricane area, of course. We've had some earthquakes, but we're no California. In fact, some predict that the region's relative safety from catastrophic weather might draw even more population here.

The one big risk: Fire. Especially in parched summertime. In our edit, we offered some fire prevention tips. But don't hesitate to share some of your own. The parched season may start early this year; 90 degree temps are predicted for this week.

Tip away.

(A Ponderosa area homeowner tries to save his house from the firestorm that swept through the Inland Northwest in October of 1991. Kit King photo/The Spokesman-Review)

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