Inside the battle to save the Reagan Library as fire laid siege to landmark
by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Oct 30, 2019
2 minutes
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - When the Easy fire erupted early Wednesday morning in Simi Valley, the stakes of this particular firefight quickly came into focus:
Save the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
The predawn blaze, stoked by strong easterly winds, was racing toward the hilltop compound surrounded by nearly 100 acres of rolling grasslands.
Long vulnerable
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