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Station Fire: A misjudged threat

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A Los Angeles Times investigation found that the U.S. Forest Service misjudged the threat posed by the Station Fire at the end of the first day, rolled back its ground forces and did not follow through on its commander’s orders for a heavy air attack early the next morning. The 2009 fire became the largest in Los Angeles County history, blackening 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest and destroying more than 200 homes, commercial buildings and other structures. Two county firefighters were killed in the blaze.

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