WJZ CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley August 8, 2013
Before dawn we saw these backfires set by firefighters to burn out brush on the hillsides and create larger containment lines. Firefighter gordon oneil. It turns to black, which wont burn anymore, it widens that line out. And it removes the fuel thats available to burn. Reporter youre fighting the fire with fire. The fire started wednesday afternoon fueled by steady winds and bonedry brush that hadnt burned in seven years. It exploded from 300 acres to 5,000 acres in about three hours. It then doubled in size overnight, scorching 10,000 acres and more than a dozen struck qhurs. Oh, there it go...