Fires in SoCal are destroying homes! (650 homes)

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[Stars N Stripes]

KNBC, KCAL and KTTV in Los Angeles have broken away from scheduled programing to report on a new fire in Waterman Canyon in San Bernardino. Several homes have been consumed by flames and many more are in danger of being destroyed.

More to follow...

[al baby]

Hey i worked on a house on hazel street last spring it has a dinasour topeary out back on the beach acsess road man what a house and view

[ShandaLear]

Oh, that's awful I lived in Newport Beach for almost 20 years and those fires never got any less scary.

[mhking]

DirecTV 389 (KTTV) is showing the World Series at present; D* 387 (KABC) has the BYU/UNLV game; D* 383 (KNBC) has fire coverage; D* 381 has the TN/AL game (in the 4th overtime!).

I'll keep a rough hand on what's where.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh yeah, how compassionate of them. This is so hideous.

[mewzilla]

Prayers for the homeowners and firefighters.

[al baby]

hole in one

A blind guy could do that

[hole_n_one]

[umgud]

Yikes..... I live in Bakersfield, but have been working in El Centro on a 4-week project. I came trhu there Tuesday when the Grand Prix fire started. I have to go back thru in the wee hours of Monday. Hope the roads are open.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

No ALOHA RONNIE in D.C. today =

ALOHA RONNIE under Ash in CA =

Headlights ON Freeway Driving =

Smokey Morning Sky like Sunset =

Burning smell like the Vietnam War

[lainie]

KCOP-13 is showing the fires too. Tore themselves away from "Blind Date."

[Kaslin]

Dari Alexander of FNC was interviewing a guy this morning on the phone who's house was less then one tenth of a mile from the fireline. He said he was staying.

Stupid if you ask me

[NautiNurse]

Have been watching coverage of the fires on FNC today. Lots of people hosing down their yards with the fires less than 100 yards away. The winds are fierce. Stay safe!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Watching your Fire Area now on KNBC Channel 4...

...Take Care.

[Old Professer]

These pictures look like the kind of damage done by "firebrands", burning chunks of debris being carried onto roofs of houses near the actual forest fire and a roofing material unable to withstand the hot contact; this is one reason why, every year, politicians lobby the state to outlaw the use of wood-shake roofs.

[Prime Choice]

One of my friends just had to evacuate her college dorm and was forced by the police to leave everything behind as they were herded onto buses. Anyone trying to leave with their car was arrested.

From what I'm seeing on television, she's going to lose everything: her car, computer, the works. :(

Just heard from her and she's stuck at a local airport. All she has is the clothes on her back. She'd already packed everything (her pets, purse and some clothes) into her car, but the police wouldn't let her go to her car to get anything. Grrrr.

[Stars N Stripes]

What's really amazing is that the homes that are burning are NOT in the mountains, but are in the flatlands of San Berdu!! This is unbelievable!!!

[mhking]

KNBC: Winds now blowing toward Altiloma area.

Many homes on fire as seen from helicopter.

[John W]

We get KTLA as part of a DishNetwork superstation package.They do not seem to do much breaking news.

[lainie]

You are not in the path, I hope. I hope? Where is Upland?

[mewzilla]

I thought CA building codes prohibited wood-shake shingles? Or is that for new construction? In any case, I would've thought it a no-brainer in areas prone to wildfires.