Southern California fires
Redlands Fire Capt. Rob Sandberg fastens a hose clamp as crews try to save burning homes on Juniper Lane in Green Valley Lake.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Criticism is mounting that the region was unprepared.
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The Tinkers say they and their neighbors on a San Diego County hilltop weren’t warned of the approaching fire. A fire marshal’s tips from years ago saved them.
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With abundant food from various ethnic cuisines and a sea of volunteers to distribute it and other provisions, Qualcomm Stadium is opulent compared to most disaster shelters.
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Firefighters worry that the wind could blow the fires together, a scenario that a U.S. Forest Service official says ‘could be catastrophic.’
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Times staff writer Janet Wilson, who has lived in a creekside stone house in Modjeska Canyon in Orange County for nearly nine years, returned from her wedding Monday evening to find her home threatened by the Santiago fire.
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Ramona Airport is the hub for San Diego’s air assault. But the runway caught fire. Then the water failed. And the planes went elsewhere.
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Because of topographical quirks, Santa Ana winds funnel particulates to the beachfront community, even if fires are nowhere near.
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Newer communities have been built with fire resistance in mind.
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State official predicts ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ in damages.
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Huddled in portable shelters, they hoped they would survive.
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Blazes are prioritized at the Riverside facility based on their size, threat to life, potential to spread and danger to property.
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Residents of San Diego’s hard-hit Rancho Bernardo neighborhood discover their fate during an escorted visit.
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The area was devastated by the 2003 Cedar blaze. As new fires threaten, residents don’t want to believe it could happen again.
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They began arriving late Monday, people displaced by the San Diego County fires seeking refuge from the red flaming storm.
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The Southern California fires wreaked havoc on cellphone service, destroying dozens of antenna towers, causing power outages in other areas and leaving many residents with no other means of communication.
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The number of blazes and their wind-whipped ferocity strain the area’s firefighting resources to the limit.
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At least 39 homes lost, 1 killed as region remains at risk from Santa Anas.
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Hundreds of homes are evacuated as flames move through dry growth from Santa Barbara County to the Mexican border.
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User’s images of the wildfires across Southern California.
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Southern California fires as of 11 a.m. on Monday
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Evacuees were camped in the aisles and parking lot of the facility, as doctors and nurses on an upper floor aided evacuated nursing home residents.
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More than 19,000 acres burned in O.C., thousands evacuated
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Steve Lopez is in San Diego County reporting from the fires.
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High winds and fires have left about 9,250 homes in Southern California without power tonight as fires continued to batter the region, said Gil Alexander of Southern California Edison.
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RUNNING SPRINGS Residents ‘have no idea what is happening to their property’ The owners had already fled and the two houses perched on a hill were destroyed in minutes.
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President Bush today declared a state of emergency in Southern California, paving the way for federal aid to help fight the region’s wildfires.
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The number of blazes and their wind-whipped ferocity strain the area’s firefighting resources to the limit.
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Unfazed by wildfires, some say they would never live anywhere else.
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Air quality in spots is called “very unhealthy.” Officials warn against breathing particles.
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A Rancho Bernardo resident and the veteran motorcycle officer tasked to evacuate his neighborhood see the looming flames differently.
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Stations turn much of their Monday airtime over to live coverage.
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As the region again goes up in flames, firefighters and residents find that not enough has changed to help them cope.
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Seasoned Arrowhead residents are stunned by flames. “We’re mountain people; we’re tough,” one victim says.
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SAN DIEGO -- Diane Doroski knew it was time to pack up and leave home when she saw a strange new ingredient sprinkled atop her breakfast quesadilla: ash.
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Crews engage in a back-and-forth battle as flames spread in the Saugus, Piru and Stevenson Ranch areas.
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Winds have ballooned the blaze to 25,000 acres. ‘We’re doing the best we can with what we have,’ a fire official says.
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Lacking air support in the suspected arson, they use shovels and picks to tame flames racing toward homes.
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Fires in the area are too familiar. Earlier this year, 11 seaside homes were destroyed or damaged. And in 1993, a suspected arson caused $219 million worth of damage.
