Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
More than a half-inch of rain and some unseasonably cool weather have reduced the fire danger around Sweet Home, at least for a few days, fire officials say.
“Probably for the light fuels, it’s doing a number on them till the sun comes out,” Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit Home Forest Protection Supervisor Jim Basting said of the moisture. “It probably soaked through the canopy some.…