The Soup Complex wildfire started on 09/17/16 at 1619 PDT. The cause remains unknown.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
The Soup Complex wildfire started on 09/17/16 at 1619 PDT. The cause remains unknown. As of 0430 PDT on 10/07/16 , the fire covered 2722 acres and was 70% contained. No structures were lost and 5.4 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 8:31 PM PST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
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1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Soup Complex wildfire started on 09/17/16 at 1619 PDT. The cause remains unknown. As of 0430 PDT on 10/07/16 , the fire covered 2722 acres and was 70% contained. No structures were lost and 5.4 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.
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