Air attacks on Witch fire suspended

Oct. 23, 2007 10:36 AM PT

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North San Diego County:

U.S. Forest Service Fire Chief Deborah M. Lutz said she has suspended air attacks on the Witch fire after two hours of efforts were thwarted by high winds.

“They weren’t doing any good and it got too dangerous,” she said.

Air assaults on the Harris and La Jolla reservation fires continue.

-- Garrett Therolf

2007 California Wildfires

Garrett Therolf

Garrett Therolf previously covered Los Angeles County government with an emphasis on its child welfare system. While at The Times from 2006-16, he held assignments covering crime, the revolution in Egypt and the conflict in Iraq. He is a native Californian, and graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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