Sean C. Morgan
The Sweet Home area dodged the brunt of a thunderstorm and resulting forest fires, but the Willamette National Forest numerous fires broke out across several Willamette National Forest districts Monday.
“We experienced a fair amount of lightning the last two, three, four days,” said Oregon Department of Forestry Forest Protection Supervisor Neil Miller of the Sweet Home Unit. There were a few positive strikes, including one near the the Green Peter 300…