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To: lainie

oh..these folks were evacuated yesterday and came back sometime this morning...


119 posted on 08/31/2009 2:32:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says five people who refused to heed wildfire evacuation orders are trapped in a canyon and it’s too dangerous to rescue them.

Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says the four men and a woman refused to leave the Angeles National Forest two days ago. On Monday they called for help because they were unable to leave a ranch in Gold Canyon.

Whitmore says a sheriff’s helicopter had planned to help but the flames are too intense and authorities must wait for the fire to pass by before going in.

Authorities say three other people were badly burned over the weekend after refusing evacuation orders. Two of them sought refuge in a hot tub.

The 164-square-mile blaze has burned 21 homes and killed two firefighters.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090831/ap_on_re_us/us_wildfires


120 posted on 08/31/2009 2:44:27 PM PDT by Deo volente
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