About 100 miles to the east, two homes, a number of outbuildings and several vehicles were destroyed, and two other homes were damaged in a 5-acre grass fire that prompted the evacuation of an elementary school in Jurupa Valley, said Theresa Williams, a spokeswoman for CalFire.
Henry acknowledges the truth of his childhood lesson as he runs frantically along the margin of the knee- high fire in the yellow- brown grass, flapping his arms to no real effect.