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California burning

again; 125 homes evacuated

Fire in San Diego County threatens

1,350 more houses

Monday, July

24, 2006; Posted: 9:12 p.m. EDT (01:12 GMT)

 

ALPINE, California (AP) -- A

6,600-acre wildfire forced the evacuation of more than a hundred homes in rural

San Diego County, and authorities warned Monday that two other communities with

a total of 1,350 homes could be next.

The fire, burning across more than 10 square miles in

Cleveland National Forest, was the latest in a series of blazes around

California that have put fire crews to work in temperatures of 100 degrees or

more.

It prompted deputies to order 125 homes evacuated in the

town of Alpine starting Sunday. Residents throughout parts of Pine Valley and Lake Morena, where there are about

1,350 homes combined, were told to remain on standby, said sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Plese.

Monday's high in the Cleveland forest had been expected to be 105 degrees, officials said.

" If you get behind on drinking water, you can't catch up, " said

firefighter Jon Sanchioli, 46. " We had one guy go down yesterday. We know

you've got

to be careful. If you keep on pushing, your body shuts down. "

Five firefighters around California suffered heat exhaustion

during the weekend.

This fire season is on pace to be the worst year for

wildfires this decade, the National Interagency Fire Center reported Monday.

As of Monday, wildfires had blackened more than 4.9 million

acres, over 7,700 square miles, since the first of this year, the center

reported. That surpassed the 4.8 million acres charred in 2004 and the 10-year

average of 2.7 million acres. The season got a fast start with several weeks of

spring

grass fires that swept across Texas and Oklahoma.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/24/wildfires.calif.ap/index.html

 

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