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"Monday marked another day of school closures, black ice and broken heaters.\u201CWe\u2019ve been very busy,\u201D said Greg Tassione, a California Highway Patrol officer in Grass Valley. \u201CAll the snow piles along the side of the roadways from the plows are starting to melt, (with) the water running across the road. And as the temperatures drop rapidly, the black ice forms across the road.\"The icy roads are also why the Nevada Joint Union high school district is canceling another day of classes, according to the district's website.The black ice has made it challenging for heater repair workers to get to homes with broken heaters.\"This issue for us right now, is getting from point A to point B,\" said Dan Kumetat, the service manager for A&amp;A Heating in Grass Valley.Kumetat has worked more than 40 hours this weekend, fixing broken heaters.In his 30 years of fixing the appliances, he said this is one of the worst cold snaps he's seen.\"This ranks right up there,\" Kumetat said. \"I have talked to a lot of my customers. And we have talked about having a cold snap this early in the year (and) lasting this long. It\u2019s pretty rare.\"As the freezing temperatures continue, many people will be relying on their fireplaces and space heaters more heavily.Cal Fire wants to caution people to be very careful.\u201CWe\u2019ve seen a significant increase in the number of home fires already,\u201D said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for Cal Fire. \"During the cooler temperatures, many of you want to use fireplaces and heating equipment, but you have got to be extra careful.\"Truckee was at -20 degrees last night."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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