Published: August 16, 2002 By Kent Gray, Triplicate staff writer Fire officials have acknowledged a request was made to attempt to extinguish the Biscuit Fire when it was only 100 acres, but that request was turned down. "They offered to make one run on the fire to do bucket work for one fuel cycle," said Paul Galloway, information officer for the Biscuit Fire said. "But management didn't believe that would be helpful. There were no ground crews to take advantage of it and it would have had minimal effect." Del Norte County Supervisor Chuck Blackburn said yesterday the helicopter crew...