Firefighters Set Backfires to Clear Vegetation in La Crescenta

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LA CRESCENTA - Firefighters set multiple backfires in dry brush near Freeman Avenue and Manzanita Lane on Monday afternoon to beat back the spread of the 105,000-acre Station Fire.

Using fuel-filled canisters and shooting flares into the air, the U.S. Forest Service Del Rosa Hotshots crew burned about 30 acres of sage brush in an area of Gross Canyon close to the fire's front line.

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Firefighters Set Backfires to Clear Vegetation in La Crescenta

"We are using fire to combat fire," said Nathan Judy, spokesma...

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