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By NATALIE KOTSIOSJan. 25, 2014, midnight

SHE is almost camouflaged against the blackened landscape.

Melissa and Tristan Meyers are grateful the fire stopped just short of the verandah of their Little Billabong Road home, but it was a different story with a nearby shed. Pictures: TARA GOONAN

The Meyers filly, Salara, has burns to her body, head and hoofs.

SHE is almost camouflaged against the blackened landscape.

Eyes scan the charred paddocks, burnt to a crisp in the Minnimbah fire north east of Holbrook for the only sign of life, an 18-month-old chocolate-brown foal, called Salara.

She desperately needs veterinary attention, her wounds from the blaze still fresh.

But her owner, Melissa Meyers, hasnt been able to get close enough to help her.

Instead, a still-skittish Salara is in mourning, pacing between the bodies of her mother a brumby Mrs Meyers four-year-old daughter, Caidence, christened Flicker and a miniature horse, Bambi.

Neither Caidence nor her brother Beau, 6, know whats happened to their horses, or to the 1400 hectares they call home.

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I have loved the Hill Country since I was a law student in the 1970s. Upon retirement, I got back here as quickly as I could only to be disgusted by so many peoples low regard for the beautiful Hill Country. Lady Bird Johnson would be revolted at our roadside littering, both casual and organized. By organized littering, I mean the gaudy, so-called decorating of trees along the roadways.

It really irks me to see people intentionally defiling our beautiful landscape by festooning trees with sparkly junk. They are like those simple-minded cretins, so insecure in their own worlds, who share their angst by spray-painting graffiti over murals. You are not sharing the holiday spirit; you are just making a public mess on someone elses property. No true Texan should tolerate the intentional damaging of our landscape. If you want to do something constructive, clean up your own lives and homes. Then, really be helpful clean up other peoples litter. Dont Mess With Texas.

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Re: Jan. 23 article, Firefighter case nears settlement.

Here we go again. Our attorney general out of Washington, D.C., is after the State of Texas once again. This time its the City of Austin. Hes not happy because the written and oral tests are too hard for minorities? So, what does he want the mayor and City Council to do about it? Hard to say from the article in the American-Statesman other than, I assume, make the test a lot easier so minorities can pass? Is that what we really want in Austin? Firefighters less qualified to do the job because they happen to be a minority? I dont think so.

Here is my message to Mayor Lee Leffingwell, members of the City Council and our fire chief: Do not fear the possibility of a lawsuit from the Justice Department. Its wrong so, if necessary, take it all the way to the Supreme Court. Time to put a stop to this nonsense coming out of the current administration.

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PITTSBURG -- Modified electrical circuitry and wiring for an illegal marijuana grow operation sparked a two-alarm fire early Friday morning that destroyed a new home on the western end of the city, fire officials said.

Contra Costa firefighters responded shortly after 1 a.m. to a home on the 2600 block of Tampico Drive, where they found the attic and second floor ablaze. A second alarm was called to help fight the fire, as a collapsed roof and ceiling prevented crews from searching inside, fire investigator Vic Massenkoff said.

It took about 80 minutes and 35 firefighters to control the fire, officials said. No one was injured by the blaze.

Fire investigators and Pittsburg police are still investigating, including trying to track down the home's owner. The illegal wiring, which was set up to bypass the meter, likely caused the fire, police and fire officials said.

The home, built in late 2012, is a total loss, with the damage estimated at $400,000. The home had fire sprinklers, but its water supply was shut off at the valve, Massenkoff said.

Police recovered "a decent portion of the plants that weren't burned," Lt. Ron Raman said. All told, they recovered about 100 mature plants and about 200 smaller plants.

The home was unoccupied, though a caretaker may have stayed there on occasion, Raman said.

Hash oil labs and illegal marijuana grow houses are becoming common throughout the county, Contra Costa fire officials said Friday. About 35 have been identified in the county Fire District's jurisdiction in the past two years, Massenkoff said.

More often than not, newer tract homes are being used and catching fire in the same manner. The "hot tap" into electrical service is meant to keep the grow homes "off the radar because of their usage," Massenkoff said.

Earlier this month, police seized 960 marijuana plants and cultivating equipment from a two-story home in Antioch following a fire. That Jan. 14 fire began in a wall behind a fuse box where wiring had been installed to bypass detection by any utility company, officials said.

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PITTSBURG -- Modified electrical circuitry and wiring for an illegal marijuana grow operation sparked a two-alarm fire early Friday morning that destroyed a new home on the western end of the city, fire officials said.

Contra Costa firefighters responded shortly after 1 a.m. to a home on the 2600 block of Tampico Drive, where they found the attic and second floor ablaze. A second alarm was called to help fight the fire, as a collapsed roof and ceiling prevented crews from searching inside, fire investigator Vic Massenkoff said.

It took about 80 minutes and 35 firefighters to control the fire, officials said. No one was injured by the blaze.

Fire investigators and Pittsburg police are still investigating, including trying to track down the home's owner. The illegal wiring, which was set up to bypass the meter, likely caused the fire, police and fire officials said.

The home, built in late 2012, is a total loss, with the damage estimated at $400,000. The home had fire sprinklers, but its water supply was shut off at the valve, Massenkoff said.

Police recovered "a decent portion of the plants that weren't burned," Lt. Ron Raman said. All told, they recovered about 100 mature plants and about 200 smaller plants.

The home was unoccupied, though a caretaker may have stayed there on occasion, Raman said.

Hash oil labs and illegal marijuana grow houses are becoming common throughout the county, Contra Costa fire officials said Friday. About 35 have been identified in the county Fire District's jurisdiction in the past two years, Massenkoff said.

More often than not, newer tract homes are being used and catching fire in the same manner. The "hot tap" into electrical service is meant to keep the grow homes "off the radar because of their usage," Massenkoff said.

Earlier this month, police seized 960 marijuana plants and cultivating equipment from a two-story home in Antioch following a fire. That Jan. 14 fire began in a wall behind a fuse box where wiring had been installed to bypass detection by any utility company, officials said.

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