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Graves Mountain fire transfers to Kettle Complex as other Colville Complex fires nearly contained

WILDFIRES --  The Graves Mountain Fire northwest of Colville was very active on the northern perimeter on Aug. 29, with a spot fire across Deadman Creek growing to an estimated 500 acres to nearly 8,000 acres total. it is considered about 21 percent contained.

Graves Mountain Fire, the main fire in the 2015 Colville Complex fires, will be moved to management overseeing the the Kettle Complex Fires on Aug. 31 as other fires in the Colville Complex -- Gold Hill (560 acres) and Marble Valley (3,100 acres) -- are 96 percent contained.

Starting Aug. 31, follow updates on the Graves Mountain Fire on the Kettle Complex InciWeb page.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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