After a bago bush and timber fire with a half-mile front had swept toward "the section of Berkeley which was burned by a similar fire 1923, the combined efforts of 4000 men and all available equip-Tent checked the blaze within halt {mile of the city limits Into to-day.
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The entice fire departments of Berkeley and Alameda and all the state equipment was hurried. into the fray. All male students of the University of California. joined in the battle and many citizens gave their aid.
S0-mile-an-hoor wind fanned the flames and rendered the task of combatting the blaze most diffcat.
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