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To: Rushmore Rocks

That's not good news.

Any idea of suspects?


1,680 posted on 10/26/2006 5:15:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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UPDATE...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOCAL_WILDFIRE?SITE=CAVAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Oct 26, 8:12 PM EDT
"Calif. fire started by arsonist kills 4"

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press Writer



AP Photo/RIC FRANCIS
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "POPPET FLAT, Calif. (AP) -- A wind-whipped wildfire started by an arsonist killed four firefighters Thursday and stranded up to 400 people in an RV park when flames burned to the edge of the only road out, officials said.

"Everybody is hunkered down here. They're fighting the fire around us. It's across the street from us," said Charles Van Brunt, a ranger at the station at the entrance to Silent Valley Club, the recreational vehicle park near Palm Springs. The residents were in no immediate danger, he said.

Authorities asked people in the RV park to stay put to leave the roads clear for firefighters. Hundreds of others in the area were forced from their homes.

Fire officials said the fire was deliberately set around 1 a.m. and had blackened 10,000 acres within 12 hours. Fire Chief John Hawkins said the arson "constitutes murder.""


1,682 posted on 10/26/2006 5:31:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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