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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 07 > With few resources, Californians step up to fight hundreds of fires

With few resources, Californians step up to fight hundreds of fires

By Carol Pogash / The Bulletin
July 7, 2008

ELK, Calif. — When he spotted a small fire two weeks ago atop a steep hill outside this block-long town, Charlie Acker, 57, the president of the local school board and a volunteer firefighter, jumped into his stubby red 1965 firetruck and, with a skid and a prayer, drove up the nearly....

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