“Another dangerous day”

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San Diego Fire Chief Tracy Jarman said the shifting winds continue to make firefighting difficult: ‘We’re probably at the most critical time of this fire,’ she said.

‘We’re in for another dangerous day,’ said Ron Lane, director of San Diego County Office of Emergency Services.

Power will also be a problem, officials said. Fire has disrupted transmission facilities. At daybreak, 25,000 customers were without power and officials were concerned that number may quickly multiply.

Cooks at county jails were preparing meals to be transported to various shelters. Shelters were opened at various churches, along with those run by the American Red Cross.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ron Roberts said that while the Rice fire did not appear to destroy more homes overnight, the Harris fire has shifted and is now threatening more than 2,000 homes.

‘We look at one direction and we see some relief. We look in a different direction and we’re being threatened again,’ Roberts said.

--Tony Perry