GARY â The Miller 3 wildfire in the Miller Woods section of the Indiana Dunes National Park was declared controlled on Monday, and trails in the area are expected to reopen this week, a National Parks spokesman said.
Fire Information Officer Micah Bell said the Miller 3 wildfire, which started on Friday and covered about 425 acres, was considered to be controlled by 10 a.m. Monday. That means no open flames were visible.
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Bell said parks workers will continue to check the area in the next few days to make sure the fire doesn t restart. He said trails in the area, including the Paul Douglas Trail to Lake Michigan, likely will reopen this week.
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GARY â Up until this point, the city s General Services had been making do with its small fleet of snowplows to cover all of the city s 400 miles of roadways.
After two of its snowplows broke down, the city was down to one, single large snowplow truck, plus seven Ford F-550 pickup trucks outfitted with plows and salt spreaders, according to Deputy Mayor Trent McCain.Â
This week s near-historic snowfall event â that brought more than a foot of snow to many areas of the city and Region â prompted Gary officials to bite the bullet make a $180,000 emergency purchase for a second snowplow truck.Â