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Wildfire in Olympic Peninsula grows to 850 acres

The Columbian
Published: September 9, 2011, 5:00pm

SEATTLE (AP) — A wildfire on rugged terrain in Olympic Peninsula forests has grown 50 acres to about a total of 850.

Fire incident spokeswoman Pam Sichting says that a total of four helicopters have been dumping water on the fire. Three helicopters arrived Saturday to fight the blaze.

About 80 firefighters remain on site, but Sichting says the fire is in such steep terrain that most of the containment will happen from the air.

The fire started last week.

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