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3 firefighters killed in Calif. blaze (AP)

by Populux | October 26, 2006 at 03:51 pm | 128 views | add comment
CABAZON, Calif. - A wind-driven wildfire near Palm Springs engulfed a fire engine Thursday, killing three firefighters, and up to 400 people were trapped in a recreational vehicle park when flames blocked the only road out, officials said. "Everybody is hunkered down here. They're fighting the fire around us. It's across the street from us," said Charles Van Brunt, a ranger at the station at the entrance to Silent Valley Club. Two other firefighters in the fire engine were critically injured, said ...

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October 26, 2006 at 03:51 pm by Populux, 128 views, add comment

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