Mexicans Fight Blaze on California Border
 Agence France-Presse
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| | The skies of Baja, Mexico are tinted reddish orange on the afternoon of October 21, colored by the wildfires raging in Southern California several miles away. (Rebecca Engel) |
Mexico City - Mexican firefighters in the state of Baja California continued to battle a wildfire Friday in the area close to the US border after bringing six blazes under control, a top federal official said.
Starting Sunday, the seven fires scorched some 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres) of mainly open land, Environmental Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira said in a statement late Thursday.
The still-active blaze, the Las Animas fire, is in the municipality of Ensenada, Elvira said, home to a popular seaside resort of the same name.
Some 166 firefighters were battling that blaze, he said.
"The speed of the winds has dropped, which means that there are more favorable conditions to put out the fires," Elvira said.
He added however that area firefighters will remain vigilant, fearing that another fire could break out.
A blaze from San Diego jumped the international border into Mexico and forced the closure of sections of a highway between the cities of Tijuana and Tecate, local officials reported Tuesday. |
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News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2007 
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