California neighbors with hoses target wildfires as crews urge them to stop
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These efforts, while well-intentioned, absolutely slow us down.”He said it can also cause problems for firefighters when civilians compete for roads and water pressure.Gregg Schalaman, 58, of Boulder Creek, did not initially evacuate, instead driving around his neighborhood looking for spot fires, then alerting Cal Fire crews or calling 911.“I was able to point out locations they were not able to regularly check on,” he said, noting that while fire officials were generally responsive, they can only do so much.Schalaman also defended his own home and neighbors’ properties using a hose and a few buckets of water from a nearby hot tub, at one point extinguishing a spot fire on a hillside near a house that had flared up.“It was not entirely a smart thing to do, honestly,” Schalaman said.
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