Cal-Fire strike teams fighting to save homes

A strike team surrounded homes in the Wildlife Corridor area of Yucaipa this morning, lighting back fires to save the structures from damage in the Pendleton Fire.

The 22-person Cal-Fire strike team called the Fresno-Kings Unit, staged at the end of Avenue E, where flames came within about 100 feet of several homes.

"The heavy winds this morning played havoc with us," said Cal-Fire Battalion Chief Billy See.

He said the winds easily carried the fire a half mile toward houses, where flames grew as large as 40 to 50 feet tall.

- stacia.glenn@inlandnewspapers.com
- melissa.pinion-whitt@inlandnewspapers.com