Wildfire near Los Angeles doubled in size overnight
August 31, 2009

A wildfire near Los Angeles doubled in size overnight to reach 85,000 acres with more than 12,000 homes threatened by the fires and no sign that they're nearing containment. The fires are even posing a direct threat to the radio and television towers that serve most of the market, and if they're damaged or destroyed, it could become extremely difficult for emergency notices to be issued to the public, since many telephone towers are served from the site as well. Tragically, two firefighters have been killed in their efforts to protect lives and property nearby. More than 2,500 firefighters are at work with a variety of tools trying to control the burn.

As portable fire-pump distributors and suppliers of PTO-driven fire pumps, we are following the story closely and send our best wishes to the public-safety professionals doing their best to protect their neighbors.

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last revised August 2009