Campfire embers spark wildfire in hills near LA
Source: AP-Excite
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON
GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) - Campfire embers fanned by gusty winds blew up Thursday into a fast-moving wildfire that forced nearly 2,000 people from their homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and threatened some densely populated suburbs of Los Angeles.
The blaze draped smoke across the LA basin all the way to the coast and rained ash on Glendora.
"We're underneath a giant cloud of smoke," said Jonathan Lambert, general manager of Classic Coffee. "It's throwing quite the eerie shadow."
Three men in their 20s were arrested on suspicion of recklessly starting the blaze by tossing paper into a campfire in the Angeles National Forest, just north of Glendora. The forest was under "very high" fire danger restrictions, which bar campfires anywhere except in fire rings in designated campgrounds.
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that the whole state is under a severe drought. The stupid is just amazing.
and pay BIG for their determined stupidity! 