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Monday October 22, 2007 11:31 PM

By ALLISON HOFFMAN and GILLIAN FLACCUS

Associated Press Writers

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``It was nuclear winter. It was like Armageddon. It looked like the
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Tom Sollie, 49, ignored evacuation orders in Rancho Bernardo to help
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``They didn't evacuate at all, or delayed until it was too late,''
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``It's hard to leave all your belongings and take off, and the bad
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Highways, canals and other features normally act as firebreaks. But
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in the seven
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Flames forced the evacuation of the San Diego community of Ramona,
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---

Associated Press writers Chelsea J. Carter and Jeremiah Marquez in Los
Angeles, Jacob Adelman in Santa Clarita and Elliot Spagat in San Diego
contributed to this report.

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