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  • Woman Says She Was Lost, Desperate When Starting Signal Fire

    07/11/2002 1:21:30 PM PDT · by DainBramage · 52 replies · 471+ views
    AP Breaking News, Tampa Bay Online ^ | Thursday 11 July 02 | By Alisa Blackwood Associated Press Writer
    PHOENIX (AP) - A woman reviled for setting one of Arizona's devastating wildfires said Thursday that she had been lost in the wilderness for two nights and was desperate to get the attention of a passing TV helicopter. "You can't blame me for saving my life," she said. In her first extensive interview since she was rescued by the helicopter June 20, Valinda Elliott told The Associated Press that she couldn't believe it when the signal fire she started with her lighter became part of the inferno that destroyed at least 467 homes and scorched nearly 469,000 acres before being...