BC/CDF firefighters Matt McKenzie (left) and Jason Morris (right) battle a fire that burned about 5 acres along Neal Rd. near Royal Meadow Ln. Tuesday. The cause of the fire was from a several model rockets fired by two local residence juvenile 15yr olds, in which one rocket caused the blaze to start. Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from reaching the canyon. A big problem was the high humidity which created a heavy smoke leading to a visibility of 50-60 ft at the head of the fire. The blaze immediately threatened one residence and endangered four to five other homes. No residences were in the immediately threatned home, at 2660 Neal Rd., but it had a defensible space (mowed flammable vegetation, no woodpile, ect) around it, which helped steer off the fire. -halley photo 6/13/06
Cal Fire - Butte County and Butte County Search and Rescue perform a short haul rescue on Manuel Souza, 37, as they respond to the scene of Lookout Point on Saturday, March 3, 2007 in Butte County, CA after Souza drove his car off the edge plummeting 200-300 feet down below the cliff. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)
Nearby residents Mitch Shute (left) and brother Travis Shute (right) use an extinguisher and shovel to help put out flames in an empty lot prior to the arrival of Chico Firefighters near 194 Panama Ave Thursday, June 16, 2011 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)
