Eight men trapped in Soberanes fire were rescued unharmed Tuesday.
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All 900 marijuana plants were destroyed by the fire.
But much of his home was reduced to rubble.
Another privately owned bulldozer that rolled over Tuesday afternoon was later placed upright and the operator wasn’t injured, according to Garver.
With assistance from air support, the search team was able to locate the stranded hikers after many hours of looking for the men and whisk them to safety at the east end of Palo Colorado Road in Carmel, reports CBS San Francisco. The blaze that charred almost 60 square miles (154 square kilometers) of dry brush near Santa Clarita was 65 percent contained Thursday, according to the fire command. But it is now 65 percent contained – up from 25 percent on Tuesday.
MONTEREY COUNTY (BCN) – A bulldozer operator killed while battling a wildfire in Monterey County that has spread to more than 27,000 acres and destroyed almost three dozen homes has been identified as 35-year-old Robert Oliver Reagan III, Cal Fire officials said Thursday.
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) – Firefighters struggled Thursday to get the upper hand on a massive wildfire burning along California’s picturesque Big Sur coastline, where anxious residents driven from their homes awaited word on their properties and popular parks and trails closed at the height of tourist season.
“It is folly to predict where this fire will go”, California state parks spokesman Dennis Weber told the Associated Press. It was 40 percent contained.
The Soberanes Fire has been 10 percent contained and continuously increased in size through the week, with the latest estimate being 27,326 acres as of this morning, according to Cal Fire. As the blaze nears full containment, only two road closures remain in place: Sand Canyon Road and Placerita Canyon Road going into Bear Divide, and Little Tujunga Canyon Road north of the Wildlife Waystation.
4,200 firefighters are working on containing the fire, and dealing with super-low humidity and gradually rising temperatures that are making their job even tougher.
He lived on the property with a woman, who was too distraught to speak.
A stretch of the Metrolink commuter rail closed because of the fire was running again and some 20,000 people evacuated over the weekend returned home.
These photos show the chaos caused by the forest fires, and the battle to control them. He was discovered in a auto, burned beyond recognition. Reagan became the second person killed during wildfires burning in two parts of the state.
“It’s a heartbreaker. I could cry right now”, Tom Huntington said. “Leave! He just hung up the phone and started to do that, I think”.
Bresnick was visiting a friend in the area where the inferno broke out. “We didn’t see a whole lot of it unfortunately, and it’s a handsome, lovely stretch”.
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“One of the strongest men I’ve ever known died doing what he does”, Cunnings said in a Facebook post Thursday. And I know some people that have. There’s no way of knowing. “And I’m sure that we’re gonna be okay”, he said. “I’m so lucky I didn’t lose my house. All we can do is pray”.
