CREWS PLACED ON ALERT IN CASE OF BRUSH FIRES.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer Firefighters have been ordered on special alert today as the sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel weather continues, creating optimum brush fire conditions, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County fire captain said Monday. Responses to any brush fires will include seven rather than five fire engines and an additional helicopter, said Fire Capt. Anthony Williams Anthony Williams or Tony Williams is the name of several well-known persons named :
The temperature hit 103 degrees in the Santa Clarita area, where firefighters spent Monday mopping up a 275-acre brush fire northeast of Canyon Country. A woman from an inmate firefighting crew was hospitalized overnight after suffering heat exhaustion heat exhaustion, condition caused by overexposure to sunlight or another heat source and resulting in dehydration and salt depletion, also known as heat prostration. The symptoms are severe headaches, weakness, dizziness, blurred vision, and sometimes unconsciousness. during the mop-up, Fire Inspector Greg Cleveland said. Williams said crews spent the day extinguishing hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. and cleaning up from the day before. Nobody was injured in the fire and no structures were lost. The cause was still under investigation. Today's forecast calls for continued sunny, hot weather with local highs of 100 to 103. Winds up to 15 mph are expected. The combination of heat and breezes prompted orders for the stronger brush fire response to avoid a wildfire, Williams said. Slight cooling is expected Wednesday, with temperatures topping out at 95 to 100 degrees with light winds, according to the National Weather Service. |
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