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Friday, November 20, 2009

The MICAS Touch

Midday on a hot August afternoon in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Sacramento, a welding accident at a remote industrial site ignited a small grass fire. Despite the best attempts of the welding crew to extinguish the fire, the light flashy fuels quickly spread the flames into nearby brush. Within minutes fire crews from surrounding areas were dispatched to the fire, guided in by a rapidly growing, ominous column of smoke. The fire started in the bottom of a steep valley, with access to the fire possible only on foot. The initial engine companies began to attack ...

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