How does one outwit menacing evasiveness?

Los Angeles Times:

More than a week after the Bobcat fire ignited in the rugged terrain of the Angeles National Forest, it has emerged as an unusual menace that has evaded fire crews and menaced local communities — despite burning no homes and causing no injuries.

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It also has managed to outwit firefighters, even in the absence of powerful Santa Ana winds that failed to materialize as predicted last week.

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“It has been evasive,” Angeles National Forest spokesman Andrew Mitchell said Monday. “Where we’re trying to catch it, it’s still jumping out a bit.”