Sean C. Morgan
Oregon Department of Forestry personnel intentionally started a fire around the Scott Mountain transmitter complex Thursday, July 7, to prevent uncontrolled fires from taking down the communications equipment.
“The idea is to let them burn and not put it out,” Forest Protection Supervisor Chad Calderwood told Sweet Home Unit firefighters and the fuels reduction crew before heading up to Scott Mountain. “It’s a little over an acre. It’s going to go quickly,…