Thick smoke and hot winds hampered firefighters struggling on Friday (October 27, 2006) to get the upper hand on a deadly wildfire in mountains near Palm Springs, California, while the reward for information on those who started it rose to $500,000. Four firefighters died and a fifth was on life support with burns over 90 percent of his body after being engulfed by the blaze on Thursday. By nightfall on Friday it had consumed 39,900 acres (16,147 hectares) and was 25 per cent contained, Riverside County Fire Dept. officials said. Fire officials are treating the blaze as arson and the deaths as murder but have not detailed their reasons. A reward rose from $100,000 to $500,000 on Friday after contributions from the local Morongo Indian tribe, county officials, California state coffers and a private donation. The Los Angeles Times quoted local residents as saying they had seen teenagers smoking marijuana near where the fire is thought to have started about 17 miles (27 km)...
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