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After fires, will floods and mud come? -

With fire season nearing an end, San Bernardino County officials are looking ahead to potential flooding problems that could occur in areas hit by this year's blazes.

The county and Yucaipa city officials have already instituted measures to protect residents in Yucaipa and Oak Glen, where hundreds of acres of hillsides were blackened by three fires in late August and early September.

With firefighters still mopping up the Sheep Fire in Wrightwood and Lytle Creek, public works officials have yet to survey those areas. They have been looking at drainage maps, however, said Kevin Blakeslee, deputy director for flood control in the county's public works department.

So far it doesn't look like any significant drainages were affected, he said. But county officials will visit the area with a burn area emergency response team from the U.S. Forest Service to see if there is anything to be concerned about   Read Full Article...