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  • Someone clearing brush may have started Jesusita fire, authorities say

    05/10/2009 11:30:36 PM PDT · by americanophile · 7 replies · 500+ views
    LA TIMES ^ | May 11, 2009 | Tony Barboza
    Reporting from Santa Barbara -- Fire officials Sunday said the Jesusita fire destroyed 77 homes, more than double their earlier estimate, and concluded that the blaze was probably started by someone using power tools to clear brush. Mild weather allowed firefighters to make progress in containing the fire to the more than 8,700 acres it has burned Joe Waterman, an incident commander with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, did not say what type of tool was used but added: "It's looking like this was not an act of nature." He said investigators have placed the fire's origin...