At Avalon Harbor

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Standing at the bow of the Catalina Express taxi as it pulled into Avalon Harbor, Avalon volunteer fireighter Ryan Ramming, 33, surveyed flames just a mile north of the city and said, ‘Oh, man. This is the biggest fire I’ve ever seen this close to town. A lot of older people live on the fireside of Avalon. It just doesn’t seem real. We’ve been trianing for this for two months. We’ve been doing wildland training for the last four fire drills since Christmas. It’s the dryest year in decades, and it’s going to be a long night.’

-Louis Sahagun in Avalon