Also see: Feds Started the California Fires
"Calif. firefighters battle fierce wildfires; Bone-dry forest conditions stall air operations" by Christopher Weber, Associated Press | August 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES - A growing wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles has spread over nearly 9 square miles of bone-dry forest, forcing evacuations and sending up massive billows of smoke that were hampering air operations, officials said....
The blaze in the steep San Gabriel Mountains above La Canada Flintridge continued to move out in all directions overnight Friday, the most active flanks to the north, deeper into the forest, and east, Forest Service spokesperson Jessica Luna said. The fire was creeping slowly toward the city of Altadena, but no homes were immediately threatened, Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea said. The fire was 5 percent contained.
Hot, dry weather was expected all day yesterday, but crews were hopeful that winds would remain light, Luna said.
A major goal was to keep the fire from spreading up Mount Wilson, where many of the region’s broadcast and communications antennas and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory are located, officials said....
Oh, that's why it made the paper.
You know, I assume Greece is still burning, but as a reader of the Globe only I wouldn't know.
