Show 1500 COMBAT FIRES FIRES- IN CALIFORNIA AREA SACRAMENTO CaL Cat Sept 8 UP An An army of 1500 fire fighters aided by airplanes carrying observers today today to to- today day battled to bring under control a n series of forest fires in in northern Call Calf fornia An estimated acres of timberlands timber timber- lands ands in Plumas Plumes El Dorado and Mendocino Men Men- docino counties have been blackened blacken cd by flames despite the efforts of 1000 men to check cheek their spread Federal forest orest rangers hoped to bring several of the fires believed to be of incendiary diary origin under con control rol during the theda da day While an army of men were bring bringing ins under control a stubborn serles se se- se rles ries of fires in m the El Dorado national forest in the vicinity of Placerville state forest rangers today Investigated ed charges that an Itinerant tied lied as J J. J Thomas deliberately started the costly conflagration The El Dorado Dorado Do Do- rado fires which broke out last Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- have swept over acres and endangered many summer homes in inthe in inthe inthe I the hills bills |