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COPYRIGHT 2004 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL
Though his mother contends otherwise, 13-year-old Richy Conant insists he did not cry when his family evacuated their Mount Charleston home earlier this week because a forest fire loomed nearby.
"When I first heard about it, I was scared, but I didn't tear up," the redheaded boy said Thursday. "But once I saw it, I wanted to be up there fighting the fire."
On Thursday afternoon, the 290-acre Robber's Fire looked anything but mighty, and officials pared their 450-member work force down to 325.
The remaining hot spots appeared impotent and produced no visible smoke over...
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