{"id":23122,"date":"2020-08-03T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=23122"},"modified":"2020-08-03T18:41:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:41:57","slug":"apple-fire-in-cherry-valley-california-looks-like-directed-energy-weapon-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=23122","title":{"rendered":"Apple Fire In Cherry Valley, California Looks Like Directed Energy Weapon Arson…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…Just Like the Camp Fire in Paradise, California Obviously Was during the 2018 Wildfire Season\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Apple Fire in California spreads to over 20,000 acres<\/h1>\n

BY JORDAN FREIMAN
\nCBS News<\/p>\n

A massive wildfire burning in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California has scorched over 20,000 acres and was at 5% containment Sunday night, according to the\u00a0California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection<\/a>. The “Apple Fire,” which is believed to have started as three separate blazes,\u00a0broke out Friday afternoon<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and continues to burn three days later.<\/p>\n

Flames roared overnight into the hillside and into the communities of Cherry Valley, Banning and into the San Bernardino National Forest.<\/p>\n

“The fire burned north of us for quite some time and eventually it worked its way over here,” one local resident told\u00a0CBS Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But as the fire started making its way down Mias Canyon, the man feared for his neighbors’ ranch across the way. “There a fire truck sitting among the trees over there next to the home,” he said.<\/p>\n

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CHERRY VALLEY, CA – AUGUST 01: Flames and heavy smoke approach on a western front of the Apple Fire, consuming brush and forest at a high rate of speed during an excessive heat warning on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California.<\/span>DAVID MCNEW \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cal Fire has had engines placed in every neighborhood as more than 1,300 firefighters stood guard, saving hundreds of homes this weekend. And the air attack gave the Apple Fire a one-two punch, pushing it farther into the San Bernardino National Forest and away from the communities below.<\/p>\n

“The firefighters did a fabulous job keeping everything under control they were on it right away,” said Joanne Erbe, another resident.<\/p>\n

“We’re so scared of the fire catching up to the houses because we’re right under the mountains,” said Carlos Gomez, a resident. “We are praying for the best and see how it goes.”<\/p>\n

“It was just like a really small cloud, and I saw a really big cloud of smoke. It’s like a hundred times bigger than it was \u2026 and that’s what scared me. I got all jittery and I was afraid for my mom and my nephew,” said Luis Gomez, another resident.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state got a FEMA grant to help pay for the ongoing firefighting efforts.<\/p>\n

San Bernadino National Forest officials tweeted late Sunday that a night operations flight would be doing infrared mapping.<\/p>\n