Wildfire imperils former Reagan ranch [View All]

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/06/06/reagan.ranch.wildfire/index.html

Sunday, June 6, 2004 Posted: 10:10 PM EDT (0210 GMT)

(CNN) -- Fueled by gusts of wind over drought-parched land Sunday, a wildfire approached the ranch that served as President Ronald Reagan's western White House in the 1980s, said fire officials in Santa Barbara County, California.

A ranch spokesman said the fire was about two miles west of the 688-acre (about one square mile) property some 125 miles northwest of Los Angeles along the Pacific coast. Fire officials said the distance was closer to four miles.

"There's definitely concern that it will cross the ranch property, but it's primarily dependent on the direction of the wind," said Andrew Coffin, a spokesman for Young America's Foundation, which bought the ranch in 1998 to preserve it as a historic site.
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