‘Licking the outskirts of town’

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Avalon assistant city manager Pete Woolson spoke from an open vehicle as he toured the town: ‘There are a lot of helicopters overhead ... the fire is getting real close, it’s licking at the outskirts of town. I hope they can hold it off.’

-Rebecca Trounson