We're seeing grass crops in excess of six to eight feet in some of our backcountry which is really going to make our fire suppression efforts tough... Parched, low-lying vegetation is vulnerable to the leap-frogging fire behavior that comes when the wind carries embers far and wide.
While the Corral Fire, which sent two burned firefighters to hospitals, torched only one home, fire officials warn that flames could push into residential areas in many Bay Area neighborhoods bordering grasslands.
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