Blaze plows through Coburg area fields.Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard COBURG - A tiny spark from farm equipment started a grass fire Wednesday that burned 100 acres east of Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. 5 just north of Coburg. A farmworker plowing a field at 33308 Wilkins Road hit a rock shortly before 3 p.m. and sparked the fire. Coburg firefighters responded, but southerly winds pushed the fire along quickly and they soon called for backup. In all, 54 firefighters and 13 pieces of fire apparatus joined the effort, Coburg Assistant Chief Ray Smith said. They came from Harrisburg, Mohawk, Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, , Eugene and the Eastern Lane division of the Oregon Department of Forestry. Together, they were able to stop the fire before it reached the Coburg Hills, Smith said. A ditch ditch (ditching), n the undesirable loss of tooth substance in the region of a restoration margin (usually gingival). and fences impeded im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped the firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. efforts as engines, trucks and tenders tried to find routes around the obstacles. They knocked down posts and drove over wire and cut open a gate. A helicopter scooped water from a farmer's pond and dumped it from above. Firefighters filled tender tanks from farmers' pumps. At one point, the flames threatened a farmhouse, but the wind steered them away, Smith said. The fire was under control by 5:10 p.m., and crews were still mopping up The liquidation of remnants of enemy resistance in an area that has been surrounded or isolated, or through which other units have passed without eliminating all active resistance. an hour later. No one was hurt and no buildings were damaged. CAPTION(S): A helicopter drops water that it pulled from a farm pond onto a grass fire that started Wednesday near Wilkins Road north of Coburg. Winds pushed the fire to 100 acres before Coburg, Harrisburg, Mohawk, Junction City, Eugene and Department of Forestry firefighters got it under control. F i r e f i g h t i n g |
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