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Bonner County commissioner reports 40-acre Sagebrush Fire and 15 county suicides this year
Summary
Commissioner update covered a 40-acre Sagebrush Fire with evacuation resources, progress on building-permit fire sign-offs, planning and zoning public interviews, and an outline of local suicide-prevention efforts after the board heard the county recorded 15 suicides this year.
Commissioner Donke reported that emergency responders limited the Sagebrush Fire to about 40 acres and that evacuation resources are available for affected residents.
"Because of the quick actions yesterday afternoon and all through the night, they've been able to limit the fire... they've kept it to 40 acres," Commissioner Donke said, adding that containment updates were expected later in the day. He said Real Life Ministries, on Highway 54 across the county line in Kootenai County, was open as an evacuation center and the county fairgrounds would accept animals.
Donke also described ongoing work on the county's comprehensive plan land-use component and said county staff had…
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