BRUSH WITH FIRE CREWS QUICKLY DOUSE CANYON BLAZE.Byline: Daily News SAUGUS - Fire crews quickly extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. a blaze BLAZE - A single assignment language for parallel processing. ["The BLAZE Language: A Parallel Language for Scientific Programming", P. Mehrotra <mehrotra@csrd.uiuc.edu> et al, J Parallel Comp 5(3):339-361 (Nov 1987)]. that burned about 10 acres in Redwood redwood: see sequoia; brazilwood. redwood or sequoia Coniferous evergreen timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the family Taxodiaceae, found in the fog belt of west-coastal North America. Canyon on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. It took 40 firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire, which was near new homes at Hasley Canyon Road and Copper Hill Drive. The homes were not threatened and the fire fizzled as it approached an old burn area. The cause had not yet been determined, officials said. 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 has been on alert the past week in the North County because of the high fire danger. There will continue to be a high risk of brush fires for the next several days because of continuing hot, dry and windy weather, officials said. The 100-degree-plus weather is expected to continue at least through Saturday, with highs Friday and Saturday forecast at 106, and Sunday up to 104. Wednesday's fire was the fourth in as many days. On Sunday, 130 acres burned in Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
Last year, 30,000 acres burned in the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, area. Last winter's above-average rain - about 20 inches - did little to help the situation, officials said, noting that the result was a lot of light grass that has dried. The dry grass serves to carry the flame to older, dried-out brush. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) A hand crew works the leading edge of a brush fire that broke out in Redwood Canyon on Wednesday. The flames, which covered 10 acres, were quickly brought under control, and no homes were damaged. (2 -- color) Firefighters take positions near homes along Rock Canyon as a brush fire burns nearby. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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