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The day after the Park Fire sparked and tore across bone-dry brush in Butte County Wednesday, arson investigators accompanied by police officers arrested Stout and booked him into jail on suspicion of starting the blaze.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The wildfire risk would be very high, thanks to a bone-dry, fuel-rich Southern California landscape, along with warm temperatures and high winds that were forecast for Jan. 7.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, two new fires are burning near San Diego amid relentless Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions that have kept Southern California on high alert for over two weeks.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Forecasters and fire officials have said that the rains last month in the Bay Area have created a different landscape than what faced crews in bone-dry Los Angeles County.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The wildfire risk would be very high, thanks to a bone-dry, fuel-rich Southern California landscape, along with warm temperatures and high winds that were forecast for Jan. 7.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, two new fires are burning near San Diego amid relentless Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions that have kept Southern California on high alert for over two weeks.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Forecasters and fire officials have said that the rains last month in the Bay Area have created a different landscape than what faced crews in bone-dry Los Angeles County.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone-dry. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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