Archive for Saturday, October 27, 2007
Wildfires at a glance
Some figures and suspected causes for the wildfires that burned across Southern California this week:
(Poway, Rancho Bernardo, central San Diego County)Acres burned: 197,990
Homes destroyed: 1,061
Injured: 22 firefighters
Dead: 2 civilians
Possible cause: Downed power lines, a witness said.
(southern San Diego County)
Acres burned: 85,000
Homes destroyed: 155
Injured: 12 firefighters, 21 civilians
Dead: 5 civilians
Possible cause: Unknown
(Castaic, Los Angeles County, and Piru, Ventura County)
Acres burned: 58,396
Homes destroyed: 1
Injured: 0
Possible cause: Unknown
(Mt. Palomar, northern San Diego County)
Acres burned: 42,000
Homes destroyed: 60
Injured: 12 firefighters
Cause: A structure fire on La Jolla Indian Reservation set up a brush fire
(Orange County)
Acres burned: 27,000
Homes destroyed: 14
Injured: 4 firefighters
Cause: Arson
(Agua Dulce, Santa Clarita, northern Los Angeles County)Acres burned: 38,356
Homes destroyed: 21
Injured: 1 firefighter, 3 civilians
Suspected cause: Downed power lines
(Running Springs, San Bernardino County)
Acres burned: 13,378
Homes destroyed: 200
Injured: 0
Cause: Unknown
(Fallbrook, northern San Diego County)
Acres burned: 9,000
Homes destroyed: 206
Injured: 1 firefighter
Cause: “Human-caused,” but officials have not said whether they believe it’s suspicious or accidental.
(Malibu, Los Angeles County)
Acres burned: 4,565
Homes destroyed: 6
Injured: 3 firefighters
Suspected cause: Downed power lines
(Stevenson Ranch, northern Los Angeles County)
Acres burned: 2,824
Homes destroyed: 0
Injured: 0
Suspected cause: Sparks from welding by construction workers
(Northwest of Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino County)
Acres burned: 1,100
Homes destroyed: 113
Injured: 0
Cause: Unknown
(San Bernardino)
Acres burned: 650
Homes destroyed: 0
Injured: 0
Cause: Suspicious in nature
Source: Times reporting
- As risk grows, resources strained at Fed, FDIC
- 12 bodies found near Mexico school
- Catalina Stables reaches end of the trail
- To some evangelicals, Palin's career violates biblical teachings
- Train hobbyists are loco for that motion
- New citizenship exam brings new questions and new fears
- Los Angeles charter school group has big plans for South L.A.
- Vindication for fired U.S. attorney
- Metrolink engineer sent text message moments before fatal crash
- L.A. County sheriff's deputy charged in sexual torture of his wife, 2nd man
- Lakers' Trevor Ariza is staying out of the storm
- Why the vice presidential candidates should rein in their inner Chatty Cathy
- McCain opposes regulation -- until he supports it
- The Dodgers are an October surprise
- HIV dates back to around 1900, study shows
- A less-popular Sarah Palin heads to debate
- Fossett search teams see what looks like wreckage
- Credit freeze puts businesses on thin ice
- Major studios in deal to convert to digital movie projection
- Apple lets iPhone developers talk about the iPhone
