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Yahoo!A brushfire that broke out Saturday afternoon on the Gaviota Coast appears to already be under control. The blaze near Refugio Road, which connects a number of hillside homes from the coast to the mountaintops, approached 30 acres in size before firefighters with air tanker support knocked it down.
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If it was a fire sparked by a machine, we may need to bring back the old fashioned weed whackers - machete and goats.
GiGi (anonymous profile)
July 18, 2010 at 10:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hurray for the fast air tanker support! Where were they during Jesusita???
maximum (anonymous profile)
July 19, 2010 at 12:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Great to see County Fire now quickly staunching fires before they become conflagrations. Strong work! Thank you!
dslproductions (anonymous profile)
July 19, 2010 at 2:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Our local firefighters ROCK!
Thank you all for keeping the burn area smaller than it might have been.
Draxor (anonymous profile)
July 19, 2010 at 9:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)