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Crews sent to Potter Fire, people warned away from area

The Potter Fire, as seen Sunday morning by USFS.
USFS, Willamette National Forest
The Potter Fire, as seen Sunday morning by USFS.

A fire in the Willamette National Forest, eight miles northeast of Clearwater, is near 400 acres with no containment at last check.

The Potter Fire was first spotted Sunday morning, after some regional lightning activity. Four crews are working on the fire today (MONDAY), and people are warned to stay away from the area.

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Brian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. He's a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and was recently a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.