What can we expect this fire season?

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

After mild temperatures and more rain than usual the first half of the year, it’s warming up. That means fire season.

Fallbrook’s Fire Chief, Stephen Abbott of the North County Fire Protection District, is joining others in warning it could be a dangerous season.

“You never know what’s going to happen, but the information we’re getting doesn’t look good,” he said during an interview last week.

Abbott based his fears on a report from the Southern California Geographic Coordination Center, an agency that keeps fire departments up to date on conditions and...