NewsMay 13, 2002
LA wildfire mostly contained
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. -- Firefighters started to gain the upper-hand Sunday against a 4,000-acre wildfire fueled by stiff winds and dry, hot conditions, fire officials said. The fire raging in a forest north of Los Angeles was 60 percent contained by 6 p.m. and no homes were threatened, said Gary Wise, supervising fire dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department...
The Associated Press
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. -- Firefighters started to gain the upper-hand Sunday against a 4,000-acre wildfire fueled by stiff winds and dry, hot conditions, fire officials said.
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The fire raging in a forest north of Los Angeles was 60 percent contained by 6 p.m. and no homes were threatened, said Gary Wise, supervising fire dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
"By tomorrow night, we expect to have it 80 percent contained," Wise said.
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