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Tim Boylan covers his roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff

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Tim Boylan covers his roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff

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  • Residents gather on 20th Street SE in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday afternoon to gauge the direction of a brush fire burning several blocks away. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Michael Boylan, 15, covers his roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan covers his roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan and his son Michael, 15, right, cover their roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan and his son Michael, 15, right, cover their roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan and his son Michael, 15, right, cover their roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan and his son Michael, 15, left, cover their roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan and his son Michael, 15, left, cover their roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tim Boylan and his son Michael, 15, cover their roof in water as a smoke from a brush fire passes overhead in Golden Gate on April 27, 2011. The three-acre fire started from an exploded power line, but was fully contained before any homes were damaged. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Jairon Garciga, 32, hoses down the roof of his home on 12th Avenue Southeast during a brush fire in his neighborhood of Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. David Albers/ Staff
  • Jairon Garciga, 32, hoses down the roof of his home on 12th Avenue Southeast during a brush fire in his neighborhood of Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. David Albers/ Staff
  • Mario Garciga, 60, hoses down the roof of his home on 12th Avenue Southeast during a brush fire in his neighborhood of Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. David Albers/ Staff
  • Michel Halama, 29, hoses down the roof of his home on 12th Avenue Southeast during a brush fire in his neighborhood of Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. 'This is my first house. It's everything I got,' said Halama. David Albers/ Staff
  • Todd Sanner uses a garden hose to douse his roof on 18th Street SE in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday afternoon as a precaution as a wildfire burns nearby. Tristan Spinski/Staff
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  • Kyle Schnorr, of Golden Gate Estates, waits in his car at the corner of 14th Street SE and Golden Gate Boulevard with four of his friend's dogs he rescued from the path of a wildfire burning in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday afternoon. Tristan Spinski/Staff

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