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Too Many Fires, Too Few Names

It was bound to happen -- after naming 56 wildfires in North Idaho over the past few days, fire officials struggled to name number 57. One of the latest fires, which erupted near the junction of Interstate 90 and Highway 3 near Cataldo early Friday morning, was dubbed the "Not Creative Fire" for a reason. "The person in charge of naming the fire was not feeling really creative at 3 in the morning," said Sharla Arledge, a public information officer for the Idaho Department of Lands. "Sometimes you have to find some humor in all of this." The Idaho Panhandle National Forest issued a fire update Friday morning that gave details on 57 wildland fires that are burning in the Idaho Panhandle, stretching from St. Maries to Bonners Ferry/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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