From weblog at
http://homepage.mac.com/joeurbz/iblog/index.html :
Updates from 12:40pm
The fight of Twin Peaks and Rim Forest.
- Highway 18 is now blocked off; they must come to RHS via 189/Daley Canyon or 330/18.
- Strawberry peak tower is intact with smoldering debris around it. Gate to the tower is passable. [Denny]
- Fire by high school is getting worse.
- "It is burning between 18 and 189."
- Two strike teams are on their way to Twin Peaks; maybe a third from Highland. Working on getting a total of 5.
- Strategizing is going now at the high school.
- 2 strike teams working their way to Rim Forest.
- There is fighting at the Lumber Yard.
- The pace of the fire at some points is "laying down" for now.
A firefighter covers his mouth as a wildfire burns in the
distance on Highway 118 in Simi Valley, California
(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)
Firefighter takes a nap as a wildfire approaches in Chatsworth, California.
Wildfires continue to rage out of control in Los Angeles, San Bernardino,
San Diego and Ventura counties threatening thousands of homes and leaving
at least 15 people dead(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)
A firefighter sets a controled fire to a hillside to burn off brush in an attempt
to keep a wildfire from spreading in Lakeside, Calif. Monday night, Oct 27, 2003
. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
