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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 89271" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>I lived in Laguna Beach for several years when I was growing up. I still remember how scary the brush fires were.</p><p></p><p>One time I was a minor neighborhood hero, for reporting a fire. My friends wanted to go "camping" in the canyon behind the houses across the street from us. One of the guys had matches so we could build a camp fire. I said I wasn't going with them if they were going to light a fire, because we'd get in trouble. They said fine, wait behind if I was chicken. Just a few minutes later here they come hightailing it out of the canyon and I saw the flames already licking up behind them. The brush was so dry that the fire practically exploded.</p><p></p><p>I ran home and got my mom to call the FD. Within a quarter hour there were a dozen trucks lining our street. The neighborhood mobilized with blankets and shovels (to smother flames and dig firebreaks) and everybody on that side of the street was out soaking their roof and yard with garden hoses. They were successful in containing the fire eventually but it took hours.</p><p></p><p>I bet most of the "arson" fires are like that, man-made but not malicious. It sure made an impression on my friends and me. I bet we are some of the most fire-safety-conscious people around. I see red when someone tosses a cigarette out of a car window.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 89271, member: 3485"] I lived in Laguna Beach for several years when I was growing up. I still remember how scary the brush fires were. One time I was a minor neighborhood hero, for reporting a fire. My friends wanted to go "camping" in the canyon behind the houses across the street from us. One of the guys had matches so we could build a camp fire. I said I wasn't going with them if they were going to light a fire, because we'd get in trouble. They said fine, wait behind if I was chicken. Just a few minutes later here they come hightailing it out of the canyon and I saw the flames already licking up behind them. The brush was so dry that the fire practically exploded. I ran home and got my mom to call the FD. Within a quarter hour there were a dozen trucks lining our street. The neighborhood mobilized with blankets and shovels (to smother flames and dig firebreaks) and everybody on that side of the street was out soaking their roof and yard with garden hoses. They were successful in containing the fire eventually but it took hours. I bet most of the "arson" fires are like that, man-made but not malicious. It sure made an impression on my friends and me. I bet we are some of the most fire-safety-conscious people around. I see red when someone tosses a cigarette out of a car window. [/QUOTE]
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