[I_love_weather]

Can someone tell me what the latest numbers are out of the local media out there? Number of houses lost? Number of people killed?

Also...

Are these the worst fires in a populated area in California in the past ? years? Any number on that?

[South40]

Don't know how it relates to all of California but here is what it's up against in San Diego County.

[nicmarlo]

500 homes destroyed, 11 dead.

- Flames stoked by powerful winds raced through Southern California on Sunday, growing to more than 208,000 acres, destroying 500 homes in densely populated suburbs and causing at least 11 deaths. At least eight people were killed in the state's largest fire in eastern San Diego, including two who died inside their car as they apparently tried to escape the flames, said San Diego Sheriff Bill Kolender said

[CyberAnt]

11 deaths, approx 150 homes burned