summit fire

Summit fire 100 percent contained

May 29, 2008

The Summit fire is finally contained. Now it’s time to extinguish it. After days of playing defense, firefighters are left hunting for hot spots in a blaze that roared to life early Thursday morning and within five hours had done more than half its damage. Now, even the smallest hidden root can smolder for days, [...]

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6-day battle: inferno to full containment

May 28, 2008

The Summit fire is finally contained. Now it’s time to extinguish it. After six days of playing defense, firefighters are left hunting for hot spots in a blaze that roared to life early Thursday morning and within five hours had done more than half its damage. Now, even the smallest hidden root can smolder for [...]

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Summit fire 80 percent contained after burning 4,270 acres

May 26, 2008

It may be a tad chilly for a Memorial Day picnic today, but the slightly cooler weather is a good thing for firefighters battling the Summit fire in the Santa Cruz mountains, and some residents may be able to return home today. The National Weather Service reports highs in San Jose as well as the [...]

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Wind Shift Pushes Summit Fire into Santa Clara County

May 24, 2008

Gusty winds overnight pushed the Summit fire northeast into Santa Clara County Saturday, prompting the early morning evacuation of about 50 homes near the historic Sveadal resort at the end of a narrow wooded canyon west of Morgan Hill. The sudden shift in the direction of the fire, which investigators believe started Thursday morning in [...]

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Preparation paying off for Cal Fire

May 23, 2008

When the rain stopped falling and the vegetation turned crisp and brown – making for perfect kindling – officials at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection suspected it could be an ugly fire season. They brought seasonal firefighters onboard in early May, three weeks earlier than usual, and opened their air bases a [...]

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