Progress Made On Deadly Wildfire; Firefighters Hope Blaze Doesn't Enter Dry Wilderness Area
The Columbian › November 02, 2006
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BEAUMONT, Calif. -- Firefighters aided by dying winds appeared to be winning the battle Sunday against a 63-square-mile wildfire that killed four of their own and destroyed more than 30 homes.
The 40,450-acre blaze, which authorities say was set by an arsonist, was 70 percent contained four days after blowtorch gusts overran a U.S. Forest Service crew. Four members were killed and a fifth was left clinging to life with burns over most of his body.See the full content of this document
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Progress Made On Deadly Wildfire; Firefighters Hope Blaze Doesn't Enter Dry Wilderness Area
The blaze was still threatening a wilderness area plagued by drought and filled with dead trees, but fire officials were ...
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