Gov. Brown: ‘We’re Getting Ready For The Worst’ California Fire Season [View all]
Source: KPIX
SAN DIEGO (CBS/AP) — All evacuation orders were lifted Sunday as firefighters gained the upper hand on the remaining four of nearly a dozen blazes that tore through Southern California last week — while California governor Jerry Brown warned he was gearing up for what could be the drought-stricken region’s worst wildfire season ever.
Gov. Brown told ABC’s “This Week” that the state has 5,000 firefighters and has appropriated $600 million to battling blazes, but that may not be enough in the future.
“We’re getting ready for the worst,” Brown said. “Now, we don’t want to anticipate before we know, but we need a full complement of firefighting capacity.”
The state firefighting agency went to peak staffing in the first week of April, instead of its usual start in mid-May.
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A house burns at the Cocos fire on May 15, 2014 in San Marcos, California. Fire agencies throughout the state are scrambling to prepare for what is expected to be a dangerous year of wildfires in this third year of extreme drought in California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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