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Posted By: Bee Mt Diablo on Fire - 09/09/13 03:41 PM
Fire grows near Mt. Diablo park - homes evacuated

Residents fled dozens of homes near Mount Diablo State Park on Sunday after a wildfire ignited tinder-dry brush and rapidly burned out of control, tearing across more than 800 acres and threatening to consume their properties

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Posted By: Anonymous1 Re: Mt Diablo on Fire - 09/10/13 05:16 AM
This state is just facing terrible fires North to South the past few months. Can't seem to catch a break.
Posted By: Bee Re: Mt Diablo on Fire - 09/10/13 05:36 AM
Fire east of San Francisco doubles in size again as winds pick up


CLAYTON, California (Reuters) - A wildfire sweeping over a mountainside park east of San Francisco doubled in size for second straight day on Monday, and officials said they were concerned about increasing winds and the steep terrain hampering their ability to fight the flames.

The blaze, burning in dense, dry scrub, grass and timber in and around Mount Diablo State Park, had scorched some 3,700 acres by Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of about 100 homes at the edge of the town of Clayton.


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Posted By: Bee Re: Mt Diablo on Fire - 09/10/13 05:39 AM
We are just now entering the high season for fire -- September/October is the big season for grass/scrub fires because of the combination of heat & winds that arrive later in the Bay Area (marine fog layer keeps things moist in the summer).

I could see the Diablo plume today; it was massive/ugly.
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