Weather aids fight against LA wildfire

FIREFIGHTERS made more progress yesterday against a giant wildfire that has ravaged a national forest north of Los Angeles, with another day of co-operative weather a big help to beleaguered fire crews.

Weather aids fight against LA wildfire

The blaze in the Angeles National Forest had burned 350 sq km by yesterday. Firefighters have created a perimeter around 22% of the blaze, largely by removing brush with bulldozers and setting controlled burns. Bulldozers still have 152km of fire line to build.

“The crews are making excellent progress based on the improved weather conditions,” said US Forest Service Incident Commander Mike Dietrich at a news conference yesterday.

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