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  • State firefighters rejected air drop request for Cedar Fire because of night regulations

    10/31/2003 5:39:52 AM PST · by Moiraine · 14 replies · 213+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | October 30, 2003 | JUSTIN PRITCHARD
    <p>The first helicopter pilot to see the patch of flames that would become the catastrophic Cedar Fire radioed for aerial water drops, but state firefighters rejected his request because it came minutes after such flights had been grounded for the night.</p>
  • SoCal Fire News Live Thread 10/27 - News updates/pics only!

    10/27/2003 6:23:56 PM PST · by Ladypixel · 137 replies · 3,192+ views
    My personal list of news and info on the California firestorms | 10/27/2003 | ladypixel
    Current Fires Active list for California, 6:19pm 10/27/03 (Updates welcome. Freepmail me or post 'em. I need all the help maintaining this list that I can get! Please, let's not discuss theories of how the fires started, or political debates of who should or should not be there... let's keep this thread as a fire-news only thread. Thank you!) Most recent total update: 1,100 homes lost in the southland. 325,000 acres burned. 30,000 homes still threatened by the fire. The list: Hemet fire, Riverside county. As of last heard report, 6500 acres burned. May have joined with the Mountain fire...