SAN FRANCISCO - With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged
parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced to
strategically choose which to fight and which to leave to burn for weeks
or
even months.
The number of fires burning in central and Northern California ?a more
than
1,000, according to state fire officials ?a means authorities can't send
firefighters to battle every blaze, Jason Kirchner, a spokesman for the
U.S.
Forest Service, said Monday.
"It's like eating an elephant ?a you've got to eat it one bite at a time,"
he said.
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