Who gets burned? Although accidentally starting a fire is a misdemeanor violation of the state health and safety code (section 13001 — "causing a fire" — maximum penalty $500 and one year in jail), no …
June 19, 2016
A rancher in Gomez Canyon, near Rainbow "was clearing his land for crops. He had brush piles right next to standing brush -- no clearance, no burning permit. The department sued the rancher and won -- to the tune of $24,000."
Posted September 20, 1979
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Ring of fire
Who Gets Burned?
Some eighty people responded to the Harbison Canyon blaze, including county volunteers, U.S. Forest Service personnel, thirty inmates from the county's honor camps at La Cima and Moreno.
September 20, 1979