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This famous library almost caught fire in 2019!
In the fall of 2019, a wildfire swept through Simi Valley, California. Right in its path stood the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. But the flames stopped 30 yards from the building. Millions of photographs, films, and audio tapes were saved. And the librarians had an unusual group of heroes to thank: 500 very hungry goats.
How did a herd of goats help stop a wildfire? By doing what they do best: eating . . . and eating . . . and eating.
Five months before the fire, the library brought in the goats. The hungry herd got to work eating bushes and grass.
Two weeks later, the goats left with full bellies. They had cleared an area the size of 10 football fields. When the fire arrived, there were fewer dry plants for it to burn. That made it easier for firefighters to protect the library.