Categories: 2018 Fire Season

Controlled Burn in San Benito Co

Many of you have asked re the smoke east of Salinas today. BEU is doing a controlled burn on 1200 acres of private land in the Gabilan Range. They did a test fire this am, and it was a go. No worries.

From Martha Diehl:

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Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • It looks a lot bigger than that first photo now. Big white plume going up some thousands of feet.

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