CA: Orange County fire started as “controlled burn”
Los Angeles TimesPosted: February 8th, 2006 by Thomas L. Knapp
“A wildfire that chewed through more than 6,500 acres of canyon lands in Orange County and forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes was ignited by a controlled burn conducted late last week by firefighters, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said Tuesday. U.S. Forest Service Chief Richard Hawkins apologized to those displaced by the blaze and said future controlled burns in the Cleveland National Forest would be put on hold until an investigation was completed.” (02/08/06)
