Monday, August 13, 2012

Fire in Lassen Volcanic National Park

  UPDATE: Monday August 13, 2012 at 12:00M The Reading Fire is now 21,530 acres and is 15% contained. A community meeting is planned for August 14, 2012 at 7 PM in Old Station at the Volunteer Fire Department.

    It started on July 23, 2012 because of lightning.

A fire in Lassen Volcanic National Park in northeastern California has grown to 9,063 acres and is only 5 % contained at this time.
  Called the Reading fire, parts of the park and of Hwy 89 are closed. Only 789 firefighters are assigned to this fire, which was caused by lightning.

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