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2007 California Wildfires

Six more planes heading to San Diego

By Garrett Therolfwriter 

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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) announced that six C130s are en route to San Diego from Colorado and Wyoming and should arrive at 2:30 p.m. One of the planes can dump fire retardant on a half-mile strip in one minute.

-- Garrett Therolf

2007 California Wildfires
Garrett Therolf

Garrett Therolf previously covered Los Angeles County government with an emphasis on its child welfare system. While at The Times from 2006-16, he held assignments covering crime, the revolution in Egypt and the conflict in Iraq. He is a native Californian, and graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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