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Posted on 05/13/2011 12:37:15 PM PDT by MissesBush
IA brush fire on our border BUMP
Another one, sigh......
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Smugglers have been setting fires for years as a diversion so they can get loads of people and/or drugs across. There are also the fires set by illegals to cook or get warm that they don’t properly manage.
This fire is still burning, has burned over 40,000 acres. It has cost as of yesterday nearly 7 million dollars to fight and estimated costs at this point are at one million dollars a day. More people were evacuated today (ranchers) and I am praying that they don’t lose their homes. This fire was set by smugglers as a diversion. I am so angry about this, if anyone else had set this fire the government would spare nothing to track them down and they would face charges and they would be held financially responsible. Illegal border crossers set it, so they will let it slide. The latest word I heard on this fire is it may be another month to get it contained unless the area gets heavy rain at some point, which is unlikely.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2225/
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