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September 8th, 2009, 01:02 PM
LOS ANGELES – Fire officials were watching for gusty winds Tuesday as they planned to set preventive backfires to burn out brush that has fueled a giant wildfire north of Los Angeles.
Winds caused a flare-up Monday, forcing officials to postpone plans to set the backfires to create a buffer south of the ferocious fire to protect the foothill neighborhoods of the San Gabriel Valley.
The 14-day-old fire has blackened 160,357 acres, or 250 square miles, as it burned deeper into the wilderness. It was 60 percent contained.
More http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090908/ap_on_re_us/us_wildfires_239 (here)
Winds caused a flare-up Monday, forcing officials to postpone plans to set the backfires to create a buffer south of the ferocious fire to protect the foothill neighborhoods of the San Gabriel Valley.
The 14-day-old fire has blackened 160,357 acres, or 250 square miles, as it burned deeper into the wilderness. It was 60 percent contained.
More http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090908/ap_on_re_us/us_wildfires_239 (here)