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Most Mexico Wildfires Under Control
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October 28. 2003
Associated Press
Firefighters have brought all but two of the 30 wildfires burning in Mexico under control, and hundreds of people evacuated near Ensenada have been
allowed to return home, an emergency official said Tuesday.
The fires started this weekend, in part because of unattended campfires and intense heat.
Two began after fires in California jumped the border, burning unpopulated forests. One of those fires, near Otay, was under control Monday, but the
other, near Tecate, was still burning, emergency official Raymundo Noriega said.
The second fire still burning began at a trash dump near Ensenada, and officials were working to bring it under control. Two people were killed Sunday
when they were trapped in their burning home, one of about 15 Ensenada houses destroyed by the fire.
Smoke from the blazes forced schools to close, and many residents in Tijuana were wearing surgical masks.
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Associated Press
October 27, 2003
The wind-driven wildfires that have charred Southern California were burning south of the border as well on Monday after killing at least two people
and destroying some houses.
A 73-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man were killed in a fire near the coastal city of Ensenada, where wildfires destroyed about 15 homes before the
flames were brought under control.
Baja California civil defense director, Gabriel Gomez Ruiz, said several hundred people were evacuated around Ensenada, about 80 kilometers (50 miles)
south of Tijuana.
Mexico's National Forestry Commission reported that fires presumably spread from southern California have burned nearly 4,000 acres (1,650 hectares)
of mainly brush land in Mexico over the last two days,
One fire on the highway between the border cities of Tijuana and Tecate, 20 miles (35 kms) to the east, had spread to over 1,000 acres (450 hectares),
and that some 100 firefighters were battling that blaze.
While no fires were burning in Tijuana, ash from the fires around San Diego darkened the skies and dusted cars and homes in this city of more than 1
million people. Some fires were burning on both sides of the border in areas such as Otay Mesa.
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Luis Serrano, a local police officer observes the place where a small shack burned last Sunday in San Antonio de las Minas, Mexico on Tuesday, October
28, 2003. The shack was home to Martin Ramirez Jaramillo, 80, who died when the blaze destroyed his home. So far, the fire in San Antonio de las Minas
has consumed approximately 7,000 acres, destroyed ten homes and killed two people. San Antonio de las Minas is about 10 miles east of the port city of
Ensenada. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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Juan Manuel Savala (left) talks with Gabriel Gomez Ruiz, director of civil protection for the state of Baja California in the command post set up in
San Antonio de las Minas, Mexico on Tuesday, October 28, 2003. They are coordinating municipal, state and federal efforts to combat several wildfires
buring in Baja California. So far, the fire in San Antonio de las Minas has consumed approximately 7,000 acres, destroyed ten homes and killed two
people. San Antonio de las Minas is about 10 miles east of the port city of Ensenada. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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A large statue of Christ, part of the church in the community of Los Alamos stands high in a smoke filled sky over the city on Tuesday, October 28,
2003 in Tijuana, Mexico. Heavy fires in nearby San Diego County have dusted Tijuana with ash and smoke, forcing many residents to don face masks.
Public schools were closed Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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Kimberly Perez, (left) and her sister Stefanie prepare to leave their home to attend Catholic school on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 in Tijuana, Mexico.
Heavy fires in nearby San Diego County have dusted Tijuana with ash and smoke, forcing many residents to don face masks. Public schools were closed
today. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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