Peninsula fire crews fight fire with fire in Palo Alto

KGO

May 30, 2013 5:56:48 PM PDT

By Lilian Kim

PALO ALTO, Calif. --

Firefighters on the Peninsula fought fire with fire Thursday, lighting two controlled burns in Palo Alto's Enid W. Pearson Arastradero Preserve. It was an all-day operation that blackened 18 acres of hillside.