Scott Swanson
With rainfall levels less than 70 percent of normal for this time of year, 2013 is shaping up to be a potentially nasty fire year, fire officials warn, and they are discouraging local residents from burning until it rains again.
As if to illustrate the point, fires broke out over the weekend around the western portion of the state, including two in the Sweet Home area.
The larger of the two was caused…