June 30th, 2011
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Author: The incident commander says the Murphy Fire was started by a man in distress
by Leo W. Banks
The Murphy Complex Fire, which torched more than 68,000 acres of Coronado National Forest land north and west of Nogales, was started by a man in distress, according to the lead firefighter. Asked how he knows the cause of the fire, Incident Commander Mark South, a longtime wild-lands firefighter, says, “Well, when they pull out a guy who is dehydrated and going into renal failure, and he admits starting it and says he needs help, that’s a pretty good indication.”…
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