September 14, 1990 Tuolumne City, California -- Cottonwood Fire -- At 3:30 a.m., Fire Captain Brian Pressnall of the Stanislaus National Forest emerges from edge of flames along Mount Provo Road. The Cottonwood Fire was held to 2,000 acres by the fast action of fire crews. The fire threatened several small communities. The big challenge was to make sure the fire didn’t get past the Hacienda fuel break, keeping the fire out of the Tuolumne River.
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