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ID: | 572 |
Date: | 2010-07-05 |
Headline: | Aerial expert's report on L.A. County's biggest wildfire flies in the face of official review | ||
Reporter's name: | Paul Pringle |
Delay/denial: | No |
Lawsuit: | No |
Fees: | No |
Media outlet: | Los Angeles Times |
City: | Los Angeles, CA |
Summary: | An agency review of the U.S. Forest Service's response to the massive Southern California "Station Fire" made the 160,000-acre blaze sound unstoppable, but records obtained by the Los Angeles Times under FOIA showed that a state fire captain had repeatedly requested firefighting aircraft when only several acres were burning -- and the Forest Service ignored his pleas. | ||
Notes: | (See also http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/request-for-station-fire-choppers-not-heeded-times-investigation-shows.html and http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-station-fire21-2009dec21,0,4841676.story) | ||
Keywords: | Station Fire, U.S. Forest Service, USFS, Los Angeles, aircraft, firefighting | ||
URL: | http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-station-fire-20100705,0,7356095.story | ||
Agencies: USDA |
States: CA |
Categories: federal land |
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