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Prescribed burn to send smoke into sky west of Hagg Lake

No, it's not a wildfire spewing smoke into the air west of Hagg Lake Thursday, May 8. It's a prescribed burn, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.

Prescribed burn to send smoke into sky west of Hagg Lake
Smoke from a prescribed fire in the Coast Range on May 11, 2016. Photo: Chas Hundley
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No, it's not a wildfire spewing smoke into the air west of Hagg Lake Thursday, May 8. It's a prescribed burn, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.

In a social media post made Thursday morning, the city's fire department said the burn was on Stimson Lumber property west of Hagg Lake, and was permitted by the Oregon Department of Forestry.

"It is going to put off smoke and be visible in the Forest Grove, Dilley, Gaston area," the agency said, asking area residents to avoid calling 911 over the smoke.

Chas Hundley

Chas Hundley

I'm a born and raised Forest Grove and Gales Creek resident, attended FGHS, and own and operate a small newspaper in western Washington County.

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