TWO GRASS FIRES BREAK OUT CREW OF NEARLY 80 BATTLES FLAMES IN FIELD FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - A fast-moving grass fire consumed about 20 acres and worried residents of Lancaster's rural west side on Thursday. It took nearly 80 firefighters more than three hours to contain the fires and they were still watching hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. that continued to cause problems. The 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)]. started in a field between avenues G and F around 60th Street West about 11:30 a.m. and spread quickly, pushed by winds close to 20 mph. Fire officials said they still have not been able to determine what started the blaze. Wind-blown sparks created a second fire. Both fires were contained by about 3 p.m. and some fire crews on the scene were being released soon after. At one point, firefighters said they were concerned about at least six homes in the path of the wind-blown flames. But the wind shifted repeatedly and died down briefly, allowing firefighters to get the upper hand. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Firefighters work to fight back flames in a grassy grass·y adj. grass·i·er, grass·i·est 1. Covered with or abounding in grass. 2. Resembling or suggestive of grass, as in color or odor. Adj. 1. field on 60th Street West near Avenue G on Thursday. The blazes blaze 1 n. 1. a. A brilliant burst of fire; a flame. b. A destructive fire. 2. A bright or steady light or glare: the blaze of the desert sun. 3. were tamed tame adj. tam·er, tam·est 1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state. 2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" by about 3 p.m. (2 -- color) A brush fire comes close to a firetruck on 60th Street West. Sparks from the first blaze touched off a second fire. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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