Taylor Complex Fire
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Fires
[edit | edit source]All of the fires below were a part of the Taylor Complex:[1]
- Chicken #1
- Gardiner Creek
- Billy Creek
- Porcupine
- Mosquito Fork
- Wall Street
- Anomaly
References
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