Late Season
Fire Hits Redding Area From a news story by October 17, 1999
The fire moved very fast. The wind pushed the fire right up to the top of the trees. The people fighting the fire could not keep up. The fire captain was worried about keeping his firefighters safe. The people who have houses were told to get out. The fire burned twenty thousand acres along a seventy-mile strip in about fifteen hours. Hundred of people who lived there had to leave. They took as many things as they could. The next day the firefighters wouldn't let them back down their streets. They didn't know if their houses were still there. One lady was lucky. Her garage burned up, but her house did not. Across town there were only broken stones where the local Baptist church once stood. About seventy-five people who left spent the night at the local high school. They worried about their houses and waited to hear. The Red Cross is ready to help those who have lost their homes. The power crews worked fast to fix burned power lines. Firefighters watched to see if the fire was out. They kept the people who lived in the houses out until the fire was out. An oak tree could still be burning inside. Wind could start the fire again. The fire could spread to grass. More than three thousand firefighters from all over California were called to fight this late season fire. It is hoped that the fire will be stopped by Monday. The winds need to stop blowing hard.
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