Scattered Rain Helps California Firefighters Battle Relentless Blazes
Posted October 28, 2007 12:00 pm.
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California firefighters said Sunday they’re optimistic they can make more progress against the wildfires, and thanks to some scattered showers over the last 24 hours more than a dozen blazes have been contained.
The blistering Santa Ana winds that spread fires over more than 200,000 hectares earlier in the week were replaced by light breezes and even some rain Saturday.
The fires have torched nearly 1,800 homes and are still threatening some communities. About 4,400 people remain in 28 shelters across the region.
Meanwhile, wildfires continue to burn in the Lake Arrowhead resort region of the San Bernardino Mountains and the wilderness areas above some isolated canyon communities in Orange County.
Several of the blazes are blamed on arson and California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said they’ll catch the fire bugs.
Just outside San Diego, many are finally returning to what’s left of their homes.
