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03/11/06
Firefighters hate nice weather. While most people couldn't wait for last month's wet, dreary days of winter to melt into spring, firefighters say the more recent combination of dry weather and strong breezes is a recipe for brush fires. Find Us On Facebook
And with the last measurable rainfall coming nine days ago and wind gusts reaching 37 mph yesterday, county firefighters responded to 40 brush fires by 7 p.m. - 10 times the departmental average of four a day. "It hasn't been spring enough, season-wise, to green anything up," said Division Chief Stuart McNicol, a county fire department spokesman. He added the fires can be started by anything,...
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