BLAZE NEAR GORMAN UNCONTROLLED IN THICK, DRY BRUSH.Byline: PATRICIA PATRICIA Practical Algorithm To Retrieve Information Coded In Alphanumeric PATRICIA Proving and Testability for Reliability Improvement of Complex Integrated Architectures PATRICIA PApilloma TRIal Cervical cancer In young Adults FARRELL AIDEM Staff writer LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. -- Fire continued to rage Tuesday near Gorman across bone-dry brush that hasn't burned in nearly a half-century. Officials with Los Padres National Forest were particularly worried that the flames would drive south toward the Sespe Condor Sanctuary The 53,000 acre Condor Sanctuary was created in 1947. On January 14, 1992, two captive bred California Condors and two Andean Condors were released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, overlooking the Sespe Creek, near Fillmore, California. , north of Fillmore, threatening the magnificent vultures slowly returning from near extinction. ``The condor sanctuary is nearby. It's not threatened, now but that is a concern,'' forest spokesman Bruce Emmens said. In 2003, two condors -- a 5-year-old male and a 2-year-old female -- were lost in a fire that came to the edges of Piru and Fillmore. The current fire started about 15 miles south of Gorman and five miles west of Interstate 5 -- three miles south of Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. , he said. It broke out Monday and forced the evacuation of Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. campers at the Frenchman Flats campground near Pyramid Lake. By late Tuesday, no damage or injuries were reported. On Tuesday, flames quickly spread as the temperature ranged from 100 to 105 degrees, with light but variable winds and parching parch v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. humidity hovering under 15 percent. ``It was 600 acres at 6 a.m. and more than doubled to 1,500 acres by noon,'' Emmens said. Firefighters had been unable to move toward any containment and expected the fire to burn for days, he said. ``This is very, very heavy brush -- very old vegetation. For some of the area, the last time it burned was in 1960.'' That was the White Mountain Fire, which devoured some 12,200 acres. pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5251 |
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