Santa Clara County fire officials said, Wednesday, that Los Gatos homeowners that heeded their advice to create a 'defensible space' around their homes, likely saved their homes and neighborhood during a two acre May 29 wildfire.
Smoke and flames in late May sent residents rushing from their homes in a Los Gatos hillside community.An afternoon temperature spike near 85 degrees, coupled with contractors working on a concrete fence on Mountain Laurel Lane, nearly sparked a catastrophe."Oh my gosh, it was the scariest day. I was just on autopilot, I think. I was in disbelief really. I never thought this would happen to us," said neighbor Shadi Allen.
But it also allows us time to go out and suppress the fires," said Jeremy Davis, assistant fire marshal for the Santa Clara County Fire Department. "It gives us what we call trigger points – areas where we know we want to stop the fire. Without the defensible space, it makes it harder for us to extinguish the fires."Former Stanford Cardinal head coach Ty Willingham’s house was in harm’s way."I didn’t believe it would be me.
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