USA: Another wildfire breaks out near Los Angeles
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- ITN Source
USA: Another wildfire breaks out near Los Angeles
A new California wildfire broke out near a community east of Los Angeles on Monday (November 6), one day after some 10,000 people attended a memorial service for firefighters killed fighting a massive arson fire. The new fire, fanned by hot Santa Ana winds, erupted at about 7:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) near the intersection of two major Southern California freeways about 60 miles (96 km) east of Los Angeles. The flames quickly charred some 300 acres (121 hectares) threatened hundreds of homes and a golf course near the city of Rialto and burned a yard where wooden pallets were stored. Firefighters used aircraft to scoop water from a pond on the golf course as smoke and ash drifted across a large swath of Southern California. The fire was quickly contained by firefighters but the resurgent Santa Ana winds, which blow seasonally in the region, prompted firefighters to issue a red flag warning -- meaning high fire danger. Stands of bone-dry trees and brush and the Santa Ana winds combine every fall for what authorities call Southern California's fire season, and this year has proven to be no exception.
ITN Source | November 7, 2006
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