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Saturday, June 23, 2007

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EDIS gusty winds and low humidities to develop later today across modoc county of northern california. this includes the modoc

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 01:17 PM CDT

RED FLAG WARNING - MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY

EDIS gusty winds and low humidities to develop later today across modoc county of northern california. this includes the modoc national forest:

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL INCREASE WINDS ACROSS MODOC COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS AND IN SOME AREAS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WHILE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND GUST ABOVE 30 MPH.

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Area: MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-

California Firefighter Engulfed in Flames

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 12:39 PM CDT

California Firefighter Engulfed in Flames - Firehouse.com News:

California Firefighter Engulfed in Flames

ELIZABETH BISHOP
Courtesy of News10.net

A Folsom firefighter was briefly engulfed in flames while fighting a car fire along Highway 50 this morning.

A car crash sparked the grassfire along Highway 50 near Prairie City at about 9 a.m. As firefighters were working to put out the flames burning under one of the cars, the flames leaped up and briefly swept over one firefighter. He was not injured.

Firefighters put out the blaze.

Man dies after being struck by flying hydrant

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 12:05 PM CDT

Inside Bay Area - Man dies after being struck by flying hydrant:

Man dies after being struck by flying hydrant
Bay City News Service
Article Last Updated: 06/22/2007 08:53:15 AM PDT

A motorist in Oakland who swerved unexpectedly and knocked a fire hydrant from its moorings tried in vain to save the life of a passerby on Thursday, who was struck in the face by the airborne hydrant.

Around 5:50 p.m., Oakland resident Humberto Hernandez, 24, had been walking in the 900 block of 98th Avenue with his wife, Alameda County coroner's investigator Damon Wilson said.

A motorist who was swerving to avoid a sharp object, or whose vehicle had just had a flat tire, struck the hydrant and the force of the water pressure propelled the heavy device at the victim.

Afterward the woman driving the vehicle attempted to resuscitate the victim. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital."