LAKE ELSINORE: Ortega Highway blaze caused by crash; highway reopened

LAKE ELSINORE: Ortega Highway blaze caused by crash; highway reopened
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The Falls fire, which broke out in August of 2013, burned� about 1,400 acres.
It took construction crews� more than a month� to replace about three miles of torched protective guard rail along the highway.
This is the second fire to strike the area in less than two years.
The Falls fire, which broke out in August of 2013, burned about 1,400 acres.
It took construction crews more than a month to replace about three miles of torched protective guard rail along the highway.
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