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Article: Firefighters nervous as evening winds approach Lockheed Fire
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- Oakland Tribune
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- August 13, 2009
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
BONNY DOON -- Fire officials say there are two markedly different
blazes burning in the Lockheed Fire, which surprisingly has held its
acreage at 2,800 throughout most of the afternoon.
This evening crews are trying to keep the fire east of Last
Chance Road, south of Lockheed Road and west of Empire Grade,
according to Cal Fire spokesman Michael Mohler.
"They're trying to keep it within that box," he said.
"It was burning within the interior of where the fire is," Mohler
said. "The fire didn't move forward... It's absolutely great news."
The Lockheed Fire was burning in two directions as the afternoon
drew to a close and Cal Fire officials said the two fronts of the
fire ...