Friday, May 31, 2013

The Powerhouse Fire 2013


































Firefighters work to extinguish a fire along a hillside, Friday May 31, 2013, near Castiac, California. Fourteen aircraft and more than 550 firefighter were deployed in a ground and air campaign against a brush fire that has blackened about 1,500 acres in sparsely populated San Francisquito Canyon in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Santa Clarita. The Powerhouse Fire, which broke out Thursday afternoon, was about 15 percent contained. The estimated date of full containment is Wednesday, June 5. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/PHOTOFORMULA.com)

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