Making a stand at Cook’s Corner

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Cook’s Corner:

Firefighters say they’re not going to let the fire cross Live Oak Canyon Road near Old Stage Road, north of Cook’s Corner. Flames approached within 100 yards of the road this morning. Firefighters set backfires, which lit up the sky. North of the backfires, dozens of firefighters are standing guard to save a large house with a wraparound deck on an outcropping. The fire appears to have crossed into Cleveland National Forest. OCFA Fire Capt. Dave Ferdig said the goal is to protect homes in nearby Hamilton Truck Trail. “We’re trying to use natural breaks such as this road,” he said. “We’re trying to keep it away from that housing tract. I’m not so worried about the national forest.” Winds are mild and the smoke is billowing more vertically than horizontally.

-- Mike Anton and Tony Barboza