Firefighters have drawn containment lines for 20% of the Cedar Creek Fire, and indirect lines for
as much as half of it. How it’s fought and how it grew looks different than it did just 10 years ago.
The Cedar Creek Fire was just one of up to 30 spotted after a lightning storm crossed the Cascades on Aug. 1. Rappelers went out in helicopters the next day to respond, but couldn’t find a safe access point to the then-5-acre fire…