State of emergency declared as Silver Fire grows to 18,000 acres

Melissa.Pinion-Whitt@inlandnewspapers.com @IEcrimejourno BANNING >> After days of fighting the Silver Fire south of Banning, firefigters predicted Friday night the blaze would be fully contained by Sunday. By Friday the blaze had grown to 18,000 acres but was 40 percent contained. More than 1,600 firefighters battled the fire, which had moved east into the Cabazon area, […]

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