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A lightning strike is believed to have caused the Blue Fire that broke out this weekend in the DMR, a rugged residential subdivision in the mountains of Jeff Davis County. The fire - only a handful of acres in size - was burning to the west of the subdivision’s main area of roads and homes.
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