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October 2, 1999, <br />-Ckto n '� San Joaquin i n Mother Lode ©1999 Stockton Newspapers Inc F <br /> _ <br /> Record Web site:www recordnet,cov <br /> r on ire re <br /> Wa t fi begins <br />,P <br /> kn • <br /> Envffonmental threats urs <br /> p effort to battle blaze <br /> 47 <br /> -W, <br /> , L <br /> t <br /> s sYf ,q :tix a °r5w <br /> Record photos by MICHAEL McCOLLUM <br /> GROUND ZERO: Firefighters spray a mixture of foam and water Friday on the tire fire, which has been buming for more than a week. <br /> Firefighters spray foam, <br /> -- water on Westley disaster <br /> ' J By IemHer Chdaga <br /> u intense fire is futile and that the <br /> Record staff writer mixture of melted rubber and <br /> WESTLEY — Firefighters water could contaminate <br /> _ g groundwater. <br /> assaulted the Westley tire fire But now oil released by the <br /> –�� Friday with foam and water, for burning tires is threatening to <br /> the first time trying to extin- contaminate water supplies any- <br /> guish the 9-day-old inferno, way. <br /> snuff the toxic smoke boiling "The difference between this <br /> into the sky and stanch the flow and a lot of tire fires is that this <br /> of oil toward waterways, particular fire could carry <br /> When the lightning-sparked pyrolitic oil down the Valley," <br /> fire broke out Sept. 22, officials said Todd Thalhamer, an engi- <br /> NG OUT BAD AIR:WoCkets keep them mouths covered opted to let the tires burn, neer with the Integrated Waste <br /> as they drive by the Westley ttte fire. believing that fighting such an Please see TIRE FIRE,Back pace <br /> niiIs <br />