July 12, 2006
Yucca Valley, Sawtooth Complex Fire
"She calls herself a firefighter's brat. Her dad was a firefighter, her grandfather a fire chief at Camp Pendleton.
So, it stands to reason that when fire struck her adopted hometown of Yucca Valley that Diane Schroeder would offer to help.
Sukalina Das didn't know Schroeder from Eve until a little after noon Tuesday.
Das; her 12-year-old daughter, Radhika Marvin; and the menagerie of horses, dogs, cats, chickens and rats that make up her home in the Eastline area above Yucca Valley only had a few minutes to get out before the flames from the out-of-control Ridge Fire swept over the home.
They just didn't know it yet.
Das was in the kitchen when she saw the sky darken. She thought the clouds were signs of a squall rolling through.
Then she saw 30-foot flames.." The Desert Sun
See also LA Times
*Of note Local Fire Blogger
Developing story
Categories: Yucca Valley Fire, Sawtooth Complex Fire
So, it stands to reason that when fire struck her adopted hometown of Yucca Valley that Diane Schroeder would offer to help.
Sukalina Das didn't know Schroeder from Eve until a little after noon Tuesday.
Das; her 12-year-old daughter, Radhika Marvin; and the menagerie of horses, dogs, cats, chickens and rats that make up her home in the Eastline area above Yucca Valley only had a few minutes to get out before the flames from the out-of-control Ridge Fire swept over the home.
They just didn't know it yet.
Das was in the kitchen when she saw the sky darken. She thought the clouds were signs of a squall rolling through.
Then she saw 30-foot flames.." The Desert Sun
See also LA Times
*Of note Local Fire Blogger
Developing story
Categories: Yucca Valley Fire, Sawtooth Complex Fire
