Friday, October 2, 2009

Wildfire in California

County Fire spokesman Bill Nash said crews hope to have the fire near Moorpark fully surrounded sometime Sunday. No homes have been lost. Nash says Santa Ana winds were no longer a factor. But hot, dry weather spurred the National Weather Service to extend a red flag warning of dangerous fire conditions through Sunday night at 9 p.m. The fire began Tuesday and burned through rugged land interspersed with orchards, farms and ranches. Firefighting costs have topped $6 million. As another much larger forest fire continued to smolder northeast of Los Angeles, U.S. Forest Service officials said they underestimated the wildfire's threat and scaled back firefighting efforts the night before the blaze ran wild, according to a report published Saturday

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