article_snippet.sent: Flames burn just after nightfall in the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin adjacent to homes, foreground, as seen from Corona,
article_snippet.sent: Fire burned in the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin, where vegetation has not burned in decades, according to Capt.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Mohler of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
article_snippet.sent: As a result, the area that is burning has up to 3 feet of 'duff' - needles, leaves and other combustible plant debris.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, Southern California's drought means the basin has not held much water recently, Mike Mohler of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.