San Diego County fires - Live Thread 10/26

[socal_parrot]

New threat regarding San Diego County fires.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

Thanks, tell your firefighter friends to take care and we appreciate their enormous efforts.

I'm listening to 760 online:
http://www.760kfmb.com/index.php

http://www.kfmb.com/topstory19312.html
"URGENT: San Diego Fire Department asks all off-duty firefighters to report to firestation #28 with their gear."

[BreitbartSentMe]

Anyone know of a map showing the current status of the fire? My daughter is due to go to the 91X radio station in Kearney Mesa to work a 6p to 8p radio show tonight. It sounds like the fire is heading in that area. Any idea where I can get current info?

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

They know arson is involved in a few of the fires and suspect it in others.

Any idea what they've found? Timers, maybe?

[South40]

Photo looking east from Mt. Helix. The orange tint is surreal.

[maggief]

A lost hunter started the fire shooting off signal shots, per Fox.

Yeah, right....

[lainie]

A breaking news mailing list to which I'm subscribed just posted

"Channel 8 reports,
Montgomery Field now being evacuated...
also moving toward University Town Center (UTC) shopping center"

"Fire is moving toward the San Diego County buildings (# 3) in Kearny Mesa"

no other details

[bonesmccoy]

how far is that location from the 11:33 AM report of the blue van?

[bonesmccoy]

Look at the San Diego Radar loop (some one posted it in the thread above).

[nicmarlo]

I'm not sure what 11:30 a.m. report you are referring to, except for the one that was believed to be started by 3 people in a van.....that is in Riverside...more info now on that:

Incident: 0815 Type: Report of Fire
Location: SB I15 JSO EB SR60 (Riverside)
Zoom Map: 643 6E
Info as of: 10/26/2003 12:08:23 PM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
12:07PM - ANOTHER RP JUST ADVISED ANOTHER BRUSH FIRE JUST STARTED UP ON WEST SIDE OF 15, JSO 60 AND OFF DUTY FD ADV NO UNITS 97
12:02PM - NEED NB/SD LNS CLOSED
12:02PM - RSFD=REQ RD CLOSED DUE TO FIRE
11:53AM - VERY WINDY - SPREADING TOWARDS HAMNER
11:49AM - CAN THE UNIT PLZ ADVISE ON THE STATUS/SIZE OF THIS FIRE? INLAND ERC
11:38AM - RP ADVISING SAW A DK BLU OVER BLK ASTROVAN WITH DAYTON RIMS LEAVING THE AREA WHERE FIRE STARTED // 3 OCCUPANTS IN VEH, CONTD SB 15
11:33AM - PER PCN THEY HAVE INFO REFERENCE TO A PTY THAT MIGHT HAVE STATRTED THE FIRE -- VEH WAS A LT BLU VAN UNKMAKE OR MODEL
11:29AM - SMALL BRUSH FIRE STARTING - 1039 CDF

RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
11:32AM - CHP Unit On Scene
12:00PM - CHP Unit On Scene
12:04PM - CHP Unit On Scene
12:05PM - CHP Unit Assigned
12:05PM - CHP Unit Enroute
12:06PM - CHP Unit Enroute

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

Really weird color for midday.

[mathluv]

Just heard on Fox that fire has reached Santee.

[Hildy]

Kearney Mesa is next door to Tierrasanta which is under assault right now.

[katya8]

None of this would be happening if all our City councils were forced by law to continually remove trees and brush around all residential areas.

[BreitbartSentMe]

Thanks for the info Lainie, we're flipping through the couple of channels of local coverage. She's pretty much decided not to go tonight, they probably will just go with board ops/recorded music for the show tonight anyway. This is unreal. Luckily we live in Carlsbad, so we're out of the line of fire (so far). Stay safe, San Diego!

[katya8]

I just went hrough 70 TV channels and NOTHING ABOUT AMERICA BURNING!

[GunnyB]

Any word on Temecula?

[Sub-Driver]

http://www.kfmb.com/topstory19312.html

WILDFIRES IN SAN DIEGO: FORCED EVACUATIONS IN VALLEY CENTER, SCRIPPS RANCH, TIERRASANTA; FATALITIES REPORTED

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(10-26-2003) - URGENT: San Diego Fire Department asks all off-duty firefighters to report to firestation #28 with their gear.

Interstate 15 has been shut down in the Mirimar Road Area..

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Firefighters are battling two fast-moving wildfires in San Diego County, one in Valley Center and one in the Ramona area, heading toward Scripps Ranch. Seven people have been killed, numerous structures have been burned and hundreds of homes and businesses have been evacuated.

The so-called "Cedar Fire" began overnight near Ramona and has since charred more than 10,000 acres and destroyed an undetermined number of structures.

"We have everything sent out that we can possibly send out," said San Diego Fire Department dispatcher Ron Cumbey. "And we are asking for all that we can get."

With Santa Ana winds fanning the flames, the fire swept through parts of Lakeside, jumped Highway 67 and in the past few hours, reached Scripps Ranch, according to Susan Please of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

Firefighters also battled another fast-moving blaze near Valley Center.

The so called "Paradise Fire" is "moving so fast, we can't come up with an accurate acreage count," Please said.

According to Police, authorities have unconfirmed reports of multiple fatalities from both fires.

"We haven't been able to confirm any deaths," said Please. "As you can imagine, it's really crazy down here."

A wall of smoke greeted motorists heading south on Interstate 5 into San Diego.

Ash is falling all over the county, and smoke and haze is hanging over Mission Bay, Fiesta Island and Sea World. Similarly, the downtown area is also under a smoky haze.

Authorities reported two unconfirmed deaths in a vehicle at the scene of the Cedar Fire. They were told of the deaths by a retired fire captain, according to a California Highway Patrol spokesperson.

LOCAL 8 News has since reported that at least seven people have been confirmed dead in the Cedar and Valley Center fires.

At least seven homes have been destroyed in an upscale section of rural Ramona.

Stay tune to LOCAL 8 News for continuing coverage of the San Diego County wildfires.

[maggief]

Correction ... signal fire.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/26/state0932EST7309.DTL

EXCERPT
...The Cedar fire started Saturday near the mountain town of Julian when a lost hunter set off a signal fire to get attention, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Chris Saunders. The man was detained and may face charges. (snip)

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

Good coverage online on KFMB:
http://www.760kfmb.com/index.php

Click on upper-right corner - picture of a microphone.

[cmsgop]

FOX starting to cover the Fire a little more.