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Firefighters get California blazes under control
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 19 - 11 - 2008


After four days of widespread devastation,
California firefighters on Tuesday had three large fires under
control, and evacuated residents returned to find hundreds of homes
gutted by the flames, DPA reported.
Aided by lighter winds, firefighters in southern California were
gaining the upper hand on three wildfires that have devastated the
region. They were hopeful of containing the blazes by mid-week.
The fires have destroyed hundreds of homes since Thursday,
including 500 mobile homes in Sylmar, east of Los Angeles. More than
100 homes in the luxurious celebrity enclave of Montecito, north-west
of Los Angeles, also went up in flames while 120 homes in Yorba Linda
south of Los Angeles were destroyed.
Authorities said late Tuesday that the Montecito fire had been
caused by teenagers holding a bonfire party. The youngsters
apparently failed to completely douse the flames late on November 12,
and the strong winds that began the next morning stirred up the
embers and ignited the catastrophic fire.
According to figures released Tuesday by Cal Fire and the National
Inter-agency Fire Centre, the Triangle Complex fire had burnt 11,600
hectares and 155 structures and was 75 per cent contained. The Sayre
fire had burnt 4,400 hectares and 604 structures and was 70 per cent
contained. The Tea fire had burnt 800 hectares and 210 structures and
was 100 per cent contained.
More than 5,800 firefighters were still mopping up hotspots to
prevent fires from reigniting. But with the winds that fanned the
flames dying down, fire chiefs were confident enough to allow most of
the 50,000 evacuees to return home.
"The firefight is over," said Marlene Heisey, an information
officer with the California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection.


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