article_snippet.sent: Smoke and flames loom over the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin behind homes on Cheyenne Road in Corona, California .
article_snippet.sent: Captain Mike Mohler of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said The fire along the border of cities Norco and Corona, 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles burned in the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin, where vegetation has not burned in decades.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, California's drought means the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin has not held much water recently, Captain Mike Mohler of the California Department of Forestry and Fire said.
article_snippet.sent: The brush fire that broke out on Saturday evening, April 18, 2015 is seen here as it burns in the Dam Prado Dam Flood Control Basin north of the city of Corona, California.
article_snippet.sent: Fire officials said some trees caught fire in the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin and grew to at least 75 acres.  