3 MONTEREY COUNTY STRIKE TEAMS SPENT 3 DAYS HELPING FIGHT A FIRE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AT THE CAMP PENDLETON MILITARY BASE. ALTHOUGH THE BLAZE THEY WERE FIGHTING, NAMED THE LAS PULGAS FIRE, WAS 75 PERCENT CONTAINED BEFORE THEY LEFT, IT HAD STILL GROWN FROM 600 ACRES….TO 15 THOUSAND ACRES. THE FIREFIGHTERS STILL THERE HOPE TO HAVE IT FULLY CONTAINED SOON. A 2ND FIRE ON CAMP PENDLETON, THE TOMAHAWK FIRE, WAS DECLARED FULLY CONTAINED YESTERDAY….AFTER BLACKENING 54 HUNDRED ACRES. A 3RD BLAZE ON THE BASE, KNOWN AS THE SAN MATEO FIRE, WAS 97 PERCENT CONTAINED AT 15- HUNDRED ACRES.
