Mann Gulch fire
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mann-gulch-fire-188-9269563
title:
Mann Gulch fire
text:
The Mann Gulch fire was a wildfire reported on August 5, 1949, in a gulch located along the upper Missouri River in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, Helena National Forest, in the U.S. state of Montana. A team of 15 smokejumpers parachuted into the area on the afternoon of August 5, 1949, to fight the fire, rendezvousing with a former smokejumper who was employed as a fire guard at the nearby campground and had been fighting the fire solo. As the team approached the fire to begin fighting
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Gulch_fire
date created:
2005-05-17T15:36:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:44:57Z
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