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“I turned on the garden hose and...

“I turned on the garden hose and tried to squirt the flames. Then I sprayed my hair so I wouldn’t catch on fire.”

--Porter Ranch resident Norma Bennett, who stayed to fight Los Angeles’ latest brush fire, rather than flee, because the wind had wedged her garage door shut.

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