Hotshot crews from Northern California come to area to help fight fires

Fire hotshot crews are making their way in from various locales to help fight fires currently burning in San Diego County. One such crew of 19 men and one woman took a lunch break near the Fallbrook/Temecula border and shared information with the newspaper. They had stopped for a break and were awaiting directions to which fire they were to report to.

Just two weeks after the start of their 40th anniversary season and just days after completing their early season training, the Plumas Interagency Hotshot Crew from the Quincy Ranger District in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains has arrived in...