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FIRECREWS KNOCK DOWN FIRE AT BUCKMAN SPRINGS NEAR MOUNT LAGUNA

By Nadin Abbott

Photos by Tom Abbott

September 3, 2012. (Pine Valley)—Fire crews quickly put down the fire on Westbound Interstate 8, just west of the Buckman Springs onramp. At no time there were structures under any kind of a threat. There was one slight injury to a firefighter, due to heat, and he is expected to recover.


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POWAY BRUSH FIRE KNOCKED DOWN BY FIRE CREWS

 
By Nadin Abbott
Photos Nadin Abbott
 
July 10, 2012 (Poway)-- A fire that started along Metate Lane and Carriage Road in Poway was knocked off fairly fast by fire crews from multiple agencies.
 
According to John Canavan, Division Chief of the City of Poway Fire Department, the fire started at 11:45 a.m. yesterday. It was a grass fire near homes, that burned eastwards towards Community along the road, pushed by a ten to fifteen mile wind.

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