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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2002

The largest fire in Arizona history burnt 300,000 acres of the Fort Apache Reservation, home to the White Mountain Apache Tribe.

The Rodeo-Chedeski Fire, named for two separate human-caused blazes that merged, has devastated the tribe's economy. About 800 million board feet of timber, a key tribal asset, were burnt and the tribe's casino was shut down.

The tribe is selling the logs to private companies, a first in its history. Tribal members who were employed at the tribe's timber business are now out of work.

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'The fire isn't over' on hard-hit Fort Apache Reservation (The Arizona Republic 9/1)
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