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Show LONGEST FIRE-BREAK The Ponderosa Way, said to be ihe longest fire-break In the world. Is nearing completion, J. II. Price, writing writ-ing in American Forests, reported recently. re-cently. It extends lengthwise through a major part of California, from the I Titt river In the north to the Kern river in the south, a distance of G."0 i miles. It varies in width from 50 j to 200 feet, and follows the lower 1 edge of the Ponderosa pine-belt, pro- tecting the pines from fires starting In the foothills below. |