Springs Fire Near Golf Course: A Near Miss

0:00It's April 18th. From your city to your ears, this is California News Today, Powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. The spring's fire in early April came with an inches of torching Marano Valley's only public 18-hole golf course at Rancho Del Sol. Fueled by fierce winds and bone dry weather, it scorched over 4,100 acres before firefighters raided in. It kicked off on April 3rd near Gilman Springs Road and raced toward homes, the Lake Paris Recreation Center and the golf course itself. Evacuation orders flew out fast, putting everyone on high alert as flames closed in. Golfers hit the course this week still buzzing about the near miss. Air Johnson said he figured the greens were gone for good, while General Manager Jeff Johnson called it a helpless feeling watching it unfold. Plenty of locals had no clue it got that close. Social media shots from staff revealed the orange red fire retardants splashed on rocks right by the fairways, with burned scars stopping dead at the grass, lying on charred

1:00hillsides. Thankfully no one got hurt and no buildings burned, but cowfire is still digging into what sparked it all, another wake up on how wildfires creep up.