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Written by George Gale
Wednesday, 05 July 2006
(HAYSTACK FIRES NOT A PROBLEM THIS FOURTH)….LAST YEAR COUNTY FIRE WAS KEPT BUSY FIGHTING HAYSTACK FIRES THRU OUT THE COUNTY. PERSONAL FIREWORKS STARTED MOST OF THE FIRES. IT WAS SO BAD THE COUNTY THREATENED TO POSSIBLY OUTLAW THE SALE OF FIREWORKS IN THE COUNTY. THIS YEAR PRELIMINARY REPORTS ARE THAT THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS KEPT BUSY, BUT HAYSTACKS APPARENTLY WERE SPARED. THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT SAYS A FIRE IN THE ELMORE RANCH AREA HAS KEPT THE DEPARTMENT BUSY ALL NIGHT. THEY SUSPECT PERSONAL FIREWORKS CAUSED THE FIRE THAT HAS KEPT FIREFIGHTERS BUSY SINCE ABOUT TEN LAST NIGHT. THE CAPTAIN AT THE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS MORNING THE DEPARTMENT WAS KEPT BUSY ALL NIGHT. NO INCIDENTS WERE ATTRIBUTED, HOWEVER, TO THE FIREWORKS SHOWS HELD AT IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE AND IN CALIPATRIA.