MORGAN HILL, Calif. — A grass fire along a Northern California highway spread to parched trees, and flying embers landed on nearby homes, setting at least eight homes on fire, authorities said. The fire started on vegetation and quickly spread to a row of Eucalyptus trees lining Highway 101 in Petaluma, Calif., Petaluma fire Battalion Chief Jeff Holden said. The flames apparently damaged gas service valves on multiple homes, and “flames shot like a torch in the attic,” Holden told the Press Democrat. At least two homes were gutted, but authorities had yet to assess the extent of the damage on the other six. A heat wave baking drought-stricken California worsened a wildfire Tuesday that burned two buildings and forced people from their homes in remote communities along the Santa Cruz Mountains. One remote area where the fire burned is 30 minutes up a winding dirt road.
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NOAH BERGER and KRISTIN J. BENDER, Associated Press, The Columbian
Tue, 09/27/2016 - 9:55pm
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