WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 031415

United States

California

(1) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tony Morris, Communications Director at Wildfire Research Network, sent along a heads-up about a 2.5-acre wildfire near the Southern California beach community of Malibu that briefly closed Pacific Coast Highway yesterday
Malibu brush fire 75% contained; Pacific Coast Highway reopens

(2) The girl accused of starting the Cocos Fire, which scorched 2,000 acres and destroyed three dozen homes in San Diego County last year, offered her testimony as her trial got underway
Conflicting accounts presented in Cocos fire trial

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