The Bay home located at Rivulet was put on Stage 1 Evacuation orders last week. Fire crews implemented structure protection as the Sunrise Fire moved in that direction. (Photo courtesy of Kavita Bay)
August 8, 2017
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Sunrise Fire grows to more than 13,000 acres
By Saturday, Aug. 5, the Sunrise Fire burning east of Superior had grown more than 3,000 acres in the past week to more than 13,000 acres. It was still one of the nation’s top priority fires. A meeting was held on Saturday at the Lozeau Lodge which has been hosting the public fire informational meetings. The lodge owners were awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Type II Team commanded by Shawn Pearson. Pearson’s group had been working the fire over the past two weeks and on Sunday, a Type I team took over. It is headed by Doug Turman along with the new public information officer, Kim Nelson. The Type I team has more members and “is more complex,” said the outgoing public information officer, Jill Cobb.