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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 05 > Keystone Kops start a fire

Keystone Kops start a fire


December 5, 2008

The Wizard Fire near Camp Sherman took nine days and $4 million to suppress.

That makes it a nine-day, $4 million mistake.

It was supposed to be a prescribed burn of 30 acres by the Forest Service. The fire escaped and burned an additional 1,840 acres.

The fire escaped because nobody from the....

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