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And then there are lingering concerns the Santa Ana winds might kick up and turn a new brush fire into an inferno.
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
On Friday, a new brush fire in the northern section of Granada Hills, named the Archer Fire, ignited shortly before 10:30 a.m., forcing an evacuation warning that included heavily urban areas of the San Fernando Valley community before forward containment could be achieved.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
The expansive Palisades Fire erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood east of Malibu, as a brush fire and was quickly exploded in Southern California’s dry weather conditions.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
From their vantage point at San Diego Fire Station 16 atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla, fire Capt. Paul Shuttleworth and engineer James Butters had a clear view of a brush fire near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante on Jan. 23.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
On Friday, a new brush fire in the northern section of Granada Hills, named the Archer Fire, ignited shortly before 10:30 a.m., forcing an evacuation warning that included heavily urban areas of the San Fernando Valley community before forward containment could be achieved.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
The expansive Palisades Fire erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood east of Malibu, as a brush fire and was quickly exploded in Southern California’s dry weather conditions.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
From their vantage point at San Diego Fire Station 16 atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla, fire Capt. Paul Shuttleworth and engineer James Butters had a clear view of a brush fire near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante on Jan. 23.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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