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Lookout Fire burning in area of deadly 1990 wildfire
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:52 AM by Katherine Worsham, KSBY News
Updated: Oct 17, 2012 7:43 PM
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The Lookout Fire is burning in the same area where the deadly Painted Cave Fire destroyed more than 400 homes back in 1990.
It broke out on a hot, dry and windy day, just like the weather has been on the Central Coast lately.
In just three hours, the fire would burn 5,000 acres.
A 37-year-old woman was killed.
It turned out a known arsonist set the fire, but no criminal charges were ever filed.
More than $250,000,000 in property was destroyed in the Painted Cave Fire.
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