Heavy, Dry Brush Fuels Oak Glen Fire; Evacuations Ordered

The Sun (San Bernardino, CA) (August 30, 2009)

Author: Andrew Edwards; Michael J Sorba

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OAK GLEN - A tangle of dry, heavy brush provided enough fuel for a wildfire to generate 100-foot high flames as it burned Sunday along a ridge line south of here.

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Heavy, Dry Brush Fuels Oak Glen Fire; Evacuations Ordered

"What we're dealing with is fuel that has not burned since they've been keeping records in the 1880s," said Calfire Capt. Mark Miller of the Oak Glen fire camp.

Sunday's fire was so hot, Miller said, that firefight...

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