Winds are wildcard as Thomas fire continues to rage
by Joseph Serna and Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times
Dec 16, 2017
3 minutes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - As crews battling the deadly Thomas fire girded for a difficult weekend of firefighting, Los Angeles and Ventura counties ended their 12th consecutive day of red flag fire warnings Friday - the longest sustained period of fire weather warnings on record.
"We put out plenty of red flag warnings, but we haven't seen them out 12 days in a row. That's unusual," said National Weather Service meteorologist Curt Kaplan. "This has been the longest duration event that we have had
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