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% — - - -W ■Forestry men urge cautionas fires plague this area\ rash of forest fires Monday and Tuesday piagueu California state Forestry crows. Brisk,northerly and easterly winds combined with the lack of recent rains lias resulted in several debris burning fires escaping control.Ranger .Jack Burke has asked the cooperation of all propertyowners to withhold further burning of brush or debris until more rain occurs. He stated that present weather conditions are such that strong winds can occur at any time and sweep fires out of control. CDF crews i are small at this time of thej year and lookouts are not ! manned to watch for wild fires.Present CDF policy is to charge property owners the suppression costs when it is necessary for state crews to control a fire resulting from careless burning.largest of this week’s blazes was on Monday in the Barley Flat area where 13 acres of brush and timherland burned. Origin of the fire was on prop-STATE FORESTER PUTS LID ON BURNING OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIAFrancis Raymond, state forester of California, has proclaimed that “an unusual fire hazard exists throughout the state and that, until further notice, no burning or blasting will be allowed vutbout special permit.THE FIRE CLOSURE v,as ordered late yesterday afternoon and affects bolh state and federally siipor\ ised lands in California. The suspension of burning will remain in effect until further nolice is gium by the state forester.OFFICIALS AT the ill. Dana-her headquarters of the California division of forestry said that, although no open burning is permitted, those who have already been issued an incinerator permit for this year will be allowed to continue such (incinerator type) burning.erly owned by Dr. Henry Milo of Richmond hut most of the acreage scorched was forest service land. Cause of the blaze could not be determined.Three other fires also occurred Monday. A small grass fire on Slutts property south of Greenwood consumed a small shed before it was controlled bvcmNew paint, longerhours at libraryA new coal of paint for the El Dorado county library and additions m furnishings were reported this week by Mrs. Vera Fitch, county librarian, who also listed an extension of library hours She announced Mrs. James Elliott will be guest storj' teller at the Saturday morning, ston* hour this week.“THE BUILDING is transformed with one single cosmetic —a coat of driftwood gray paint,” the librarian said. “Dick Task's comity building and grounds crew arc doing a good job as cosmeticians. Inside, some shelves and custom made desks hare alsobeen added. With book circulation up 50 per cent over last, year and the heavy usage of the library bj- students, it is important to make the most of our limited space ”Saturday hours w ere recentlyextended and the library Ls open from 10 a.in. to 5 p.m. Other week days it is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p m. with an hour closure from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., said Mrs. Fitch.SHE ALSO NOTED there is a book slot in the back door for the convenience of those wishingto return books when the libraryis closed. If the book is overdue. coins maj be placed in the book to pay the fine, she said. Mrs. Fitch also emphasized no fine builds above 75 cents, and she urged the return of long over,-,due booksIn announcing Mrs. Elliott as story teller for this Saturday, it was noted the 10 a.m. story hour is for children of all ages. Members of the Winnie the Pooh society may remember Mrs. Elliott from. last summer when she conducted a Pooh songfest.Federal foresters have urged extreme caution in all burning operations within the Eldorado national forest and, In addition to the remanning of the two forest fire lookout posts which had earlier been shut down for the winter, the forest service has five fire prevention patrolmen checking all burning oper-tions in the forest.Forest supervisor Joseph Flynn has termed the current weather pattern as posing .a“serious fire threat to woodland areas” and has requested the cooperation of the public in exercising extreme care inthe prevention of fire.— -«•'fa slate crew. A half-acre of timber was .scorched when a brush fire occurred on Charles Eng-strom property on Barkely Road, Cainmo. This fire resulted from debris burning left unattendedand fanned by strong winds, Poi-Lock Pines volunteers gave the Mr. Danaher CDF crew a strong assist on this blaze, as the state crew had to leave this fire assoon as it was under control*and proceed to another fire north of Cedar Grove. This next fire 'started on property of William C. Hunt, the Hidden Valley ranch, where debris burning escaped pis control and threatened to sweep into the Cedar Grove area. The CDF controlled ihe blaze at about five -acres with two fire* Irack crews and a bulldozer.On Tuesday while the CDF still had a heavy mop-up and control , problem on the , Milo fire hear Barley Flat a new fire occurred on the D. H. Trua* property north oT Somerset. Willow and Pleasant Valley volunteers gave the CDF % strong assist on this fire. Cause of this lV**acre blaze was debris burning which escaped control.CDF crews were again called out Tuesday night to combat a 7-acrc slash and brush fire in•the Happy Valley area on a logging operation on property of John Bauer of Sacramento. The fire escaped from debris burning.
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Placerville Mountain Democrat and Times
Placerville, California, US
Thu, Jan 11, 1962
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