Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Mountain Fire Incident Commander Discusses 'Unusual Fire Behavior,' Evac Orders
"There's only one ridge between the fire right now and Idyllwild."
Video report by Patch Local Editor Guy McCarthy
"There's only one ridge between the fire right now and Idyllwild," Mountain Fire incident commander Jeanne Pincha-Tulley said in an interview with Banning-Beaumont Patch on Thursday July 18, 2013.
The Mountain Fire was burning two to three miles from Idyllwild on Friday, July 19, USFS spokesman Bob Poole said.
Idyllwild and Fern Valley were evacuated Wednesday. By Friday afternoon, an evacuation warning was issued for neighboring Pine Cove.
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