FIREFIGHTERS NOW HAVE THE KING FIRE 35 PERCENT CONTAINED….THAT’S UP FROM THE 18 PERCENT CONTAINMENT OF YESTERDAY. ABOUT 74 HUNDRED FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING THE 90 THOUSAND ACRE WILDFIRE THAT IS BURNING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 50 (IN THE POLLOCK PINES AREA, EAST OF SACRAMENTO). 12 THOUSAND HOMES (AND 9 THOUSAND OTHER STRUCTURES) ARE THREATENED, AND 12 HOMES AND 57 OUTBUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. A NEWS CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT NOON YESTERDAY AT THE 7TH DAY ADVENTISTS’ CHURCH ON CARSON ROAD IN THE TOWN OF CAMINO….TO DISCUSS THE RE-POPULATION OF RESIDENTS OF THE WHITE MEADOW AREA. FORMER APTOS RESIDENT WAYNE ALLEN HUNTSMAN (WHO PLEADED NOT GUILTY MONDAY TO CHARGES HE “WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY” STARTED THE KING FIRE) IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO AN EL DORADO COUNTY COURT ROOM TODAY.
