Every factual claim below was checked against the original public record. Source: original document ↗
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The Sisi Fire continues to burn in a remote, steep, and rugged mountainous landscape“The Sisi Fire is located in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, within a remote, steep, and rugged mountainous landscape.”
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The Sisi Fire is within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest“The Sisi Fire is located in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, within a remote, steep, and rugged mountainous landscape.”
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The Sisi Fire is actively spreading through forested slopes“The fire is burning in a mosaic of timber, timber understory, brush, and partially cured grasses, with abundant snags and heavy dead and down fuels.”
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The Sisi Fire is spreading through drainages“null”
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The Sisi Fire is spreading through variable terrain“The surrounding area consists of forested slopes, drainages, and variable terrain near the communities of Lucerne, Holden Village, and Stehekin.”
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The Sisi Fire is near Lucerne“The Sisi Fire is located in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, within a remote, steep, and rugged mountainous landscape. The surrounding area consists of forested slopes, drainages, and variable terrain near the communities of Lucerne, Holden Village, and Stehekin.”
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The Sisi Fire is near Holden Village“The surrounding area consists of forested slopes, drainages, and variable terrain near the communities of Lucerne, Holden Village, and Stehekin.”
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The Sisi Fire is near Stehekin“The surrounding area consists of forested slopes, drainages, and variable terrain near the communities of Lucerne, Holden Village, and Stehekin.”
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Fire behavior remains active“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The fire is backing“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The fire is flanking“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The fire is spreading uphill“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The fire is spreading up-drainage“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The fire is causing group tree torching“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The fire is causing spotting“Fire behavior remains active, including backing, flanking, uphill and up-drainage runs, group tree torching, and spotting.”
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The Pacific Crest Trail remains closed between the North Cascades National Park/Glacier Peak Wilderness boundary and High Bridge“The Pacific Crest Trail remains closed between the North Cascades National Park/Glacier Peak Wilderness boundary and High Bridge along the Agnes Creek portion of the trail.”
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The Pacific Crest Trail remains closed along the Agnes Creek portion of the trail“The Pacific Crest Trail remains closed between the North Cascades National Park/Glacier Peak Wilderness boundary and High Bridge along the Agnes Creek portion of the trail.”
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A full-suppression strategy is being utilized“A full-suppression strategy is being utilized, with tactics focused on keeping the fire within the smallest practicable footprint while providing the highest probability of success and minimizing risk to firefighters and aviators.”
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The full-suppression strategy is to minimize risk to firefighters and aviators“A full-suppression strategy is being utilized, with tactics focused on keeping the fire within the smallest practicable footprint while providing the highest probability of success and minimizing risk to firefighters and aviators.”
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The full-suppression strategy is to keep the fire within the smallest practicable footprint“A full-suppression strategy is being utilized, with tactics focused on keeping the fire within the smallest practicable footprint while providing the highest probability of success and minimizing risk to firefighters and aviators.”