Fire destroys Woodside home Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 4, 2012 at 10:55 am
A fire completely destroyed a home at 1200 Bear Gulch Road in Woodside Saturday, June 2, despite efforts by six fire agencies. "It was a total loss," Woodside Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso said.
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Posted by David, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Jun 4, 2012 at 10:55 am
Its a long way up Bear Gulch Road. I viewed the smoke from the Baylands; the fire location was nearly up to Skyline. I am amazed that this fire did not turn into something much larger. Kudos to the responders. However, I did't see any air support. Maybe they had departed by the time I saw the smoke.
Water from a helicopter key in preventing conflagration this weekend
by Dave Boyce
Almanac Staff
Three 500-gallon buckets of water from a helicopter helped douse a three-alarm house fire at 1200 Bear Gulch Road on Saturday, June 2. The helicopter drops stopped an intense fire that had spread to nearby trees from becoming a conflagration that involved the forest, Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso of the Woodside Fire Protection District told the Almanac.
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