2. On Aug. 2l, 2003, a random fire got out of control.
3. A 6-km wall of flame reached 50 m into the sky. The fire had an energy equivalent of an atomic explosion every 30 minutes.
4. One resident at a home near the fire that Saturday was Elaine Hruby At 10 a.m. authorities told her to leave immediately. After putting her cat and dog in the car, she grabbed the lamp her husband once used as a miner, her jewelry (but not his) and a little plastic Buddha.
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6. The Spray Lake Sawmills was a business that actually benefited from the fire.
7. An ecological benefit of forest fires is the development of diversity and rich undergrowth that wasn’t there before.
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