‘Somewhat scarier’

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Wayne Griffin, president and executive director of Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, said, ‘We have fixed winged aircraft dropping fire retardant between the fire and the city. We are seeing flames on the top of the ridge. It is getting somewhat scarier. Some of the hotels have been evacuated and we are making plans to accommodate people elsewhere.’

Griffin said the fire response by hovercraft from Camp Pendleton was used last year to quash a wildfire and the firefighters are experienced in the island’s mountainous terrain.

-Richard Winton