Strategy session

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The morning strategy session was led by Los Angeles County Fire Department Battalion Chief Vince Pena. The day shift action plan was encouraged by the island weather forecast for Friday, which called for low clouds and fog below 1,000 feet, which was expected to burn off by midday. Also, high humidity was expected below 800 feet and temperatures should be on the cool side, he said.

‘High humidity. Low wind. Low temperatures. All definitely advantageous for us,’ said L.A. County Fire Department Capt. James Lile.

The firefighters are from L.A. County, the California Department of Forestry and the Avalon Fire Department, which is made up largely of volunteers, who were summoned Thursday by emergency sirens.

-Louis Sahagun in Avalon