In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.
There are no evacuation orders in place now for the Eaton and Sepulveda Fires in LA County or the Clay Fire in Riverside County.
Dry vegetation helped fuel the fires that spread through the Los Angeles area, burning tens of thousands of acres.
While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.
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