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Cooler weather aids firefighters.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| November 01, 2003 | Early, David E.; Schmitt, Kellie | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: David E. Early and Kellie Schmitt

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. _ When exhausted firefighters woke up Saturday morning and looked outside, what they saw probably made them smile. An inch of white, powdery snow had fallen over parts of the Big Bear Lake resort area, helping to further dampen the still raging Old Fire.

A blessed influx of cool, wet weather since Thursday has allowed contractors and firefighters to bulldoze fire lanes and helped bring the Old fire to 45 percent containment Saturday _ a 20 percent increase over the day before. The blaze, which has come within eight miles of Big Bear, has devoured 92,000 acres and 850 homes and killed four ...

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