Perilous Times and Climate Change
Firefighters battle Raging California wildfires
Monday, August 23, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Firefighters across California are back on the
fire lines Monday trying put out two raging wildfires burning across
the state.
One of the fires, the Pozo Fire, broke out Saturday afternoon in the
Los Padres National Forest in Northern San Luis Obispo County.
Fire officials now say firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service and
Cal Fire are continuing to do battle with the blazes. The Pozo fire has
burned more than 1,200 acres.
The cause of the fires are under investigation.
A second fire is still burning in San Diego County this Monday near the
community of Lakeside and the Cleveland National Forest.
The fire has burned about 1,000 acres.