Tired Firefighters Battle 330 Calif. Wildfires

Cool weather helps ease load on spent firefighters as they battle blazes around California By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES July 6, 2008 (AP) A firefighters walks away from a brush fire burning out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta, Calif., on Saturday July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Phil Klein) Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state. "The firefighters are stretched thin, they are exhausted," and some have gone days without sleep, said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who visited a command post in the coastal region of Santa Barbara County, where nearly 2,700 homes were threatened... [read full story]