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Second Lake fire base camp opens at Santa Maria Speedway, fire grows to 34,015 acres
As the Lake fire grew to 34,015 acres Thursday, a second base camp was opened in Nipomo at the Santa Maria Speedway to support the growing number of firefighters battling the blaze. The new base camp was necessary because space at the first base camp, …