Saturday, March 2, 2013

Firefighters contain 80 percent of Southern California wildfire

Reuters: Fire officials on Saturday said they had contained 80 percent of a wildfire that scorched the hills east of Los Angeles as record-setting dry weather parched Southern California. About 310 acres in Riverside County have been burned by the wildfire, said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The flames were still raging at midday but the wildfire was expected to be fully contained by evening, state and local fire officials said. No injuries...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/02/us-usa-wildfire-california-idUSBRE9210AU20130302?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

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