Tillamook Burn sprang from loggers’ bad gamble

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A hard-pressed crew tried to snake just a few more logs out before quitting for the day, hoping nothing would go wrong in the tinder-dry forest. Unfortunately, something did. (Near Forest Grove, Washington County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1407d.tillamook-burn-1933-outbreak.html)