BRUSH FIRE IN SAUGUS QUENCHED.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer A home was threatened Monday by a 10-acre brush fire, but a combination of favorable weather conditions and swift response by firefighters halted the flames' march and prevented damage or injury. Fire investigators determined that sparks from a small electrical transformer transformer, electrical device used to transfer an alternating current or voltage from one electric circuit to another by means of electromagnetic induction. caused the blaze, reported at 1:24 p.m., said Firefighter Cesar Alvarez of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . The flames scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. the rolling hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. and adjacent flat terrain near Bouquet Canyon and Esquerra roads, said Inspector Mark Tolbert, a county fire spokesman. About 260 firefighters - including inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. crews, U.S. Forest Service personnel and teams on four water-dropping helicopters - battled the fire with hoses, shovels, brush-cutting tools and aerial bombardments of 360 gallons per chopper until the flames were brought under control at 2:15 p.m., Tolbert said. Vicki Lopez and her 19-year-old son, Jason, hurried along Esquerra, a dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n where firefighters established their command post, to check on their two-bedroom home. ``I just bought that house. I'm supposed to move in in two weeks,'' Vicki Lopez said. ``The ranch has been our dream. We've been saving up for five years,'' she said. The family, who live in a Saugus neighborhood about five miles away, bought the 4.8-acre property so their four horses would have plenty of land on which to run, Lopez said. She expressed relief that the animals hadn't yet been moved from their current boarding in Hasley Canyon to the family's new ranch. The fire didn't damage the house, she added. Another bit of good fortune for the Lopez family was that the previous resident had been conscientious about fire prevention. ``The former owner had cleared the brush back in May,'' she said, noting that the property also has a 6,000-gallon water tank that can be tapped for firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. purposes. Tolbert said the burn index - a measurement that takes into account the temperature, humidity and wind speed - was moderate Monday and therefore worked in firefighters' favor. |
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