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Thursday, October 28, 1999 <br /> The RP <br /> Tire fires final hot <br /> spot extinguished <br /> p4 <br /> ............ <br /> By Abbie Dutcher <br /> Record Staff Writer <br /> As firefighters put out the final flames of the w - -- y' A "� .• <br /> Westley tire f m Wednesday, authorities turned their <br /> attention to cleaning up the environmental mess left �- <br /> behind by the blaze. <br /> "The fire is out," declared Leo Kay, a spokesman for <br /> the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which has ,� <br /> spent more than $2.4 million battling the blaze in the <br /> foothills west of Interstate 5 in Stanislaus County. _ <br /> Firefighting specialists with Williams Fire and <br /> Hazard Control Inc. of Texas had the bulk of the fire <br /> out by late Tuesday and spent Wednesday morning - <br /> dousing isolated hot spots beneath the pile of singed <br /> and molten rubber. ,. <br /> "Officially, the last hot spot was extinguished at <br /> 12:58 p.m.," Stanislaus County Fire Warden Muss : s <br /> Richards said. - g <br /> Experts using uifr-axed thermal-imaging equipment Record photo by MICHAEL McCOLLUM <br /> surveyed the pile to make sure the fire: was com- CLEANUP CONTINUES: Giant backhoes, back- <br /> pletely out, Kay said. ground, cover burnt tires with dirt. Foreground, <br /> Please see TIRE FIRE,e2 murky water from fire hoses creates a muddy mess. <br /> ........... ... .va,.. .�ava.ravaa ••... ..�. .....—_—�__. uaua vaaCl ut%rCC progra <br />