County IN BRIEF : GLENDALE : Investigation Asked of Fire Response

A coalition of Glendale homeowner associations has asked the state to investigate whether a countywide force of firefighters responded efficiently to a hillside blaze that destroyed 46 homes and damaged 20 others in the city on June 27, a spokesman for the coalition said Wednesday. Some activists have charged that many homes were lost in neighborhoods neglected by firefighters until well after the flames had spread. The Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council, representing 15 homeowner associations, asked that Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp, along with the state fire marshal’s staff, “conduct a full investigation of all aspects of the fire.”