Posted on 10/22/2007 8:06:14 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
SAN DIEGO -- With fire spreading quickly westward, San Diego County officials ordered the evacuation of a huge area east of Interstate 15 between Del Dios Highway and Highway 56 early Mon"This is the worst fire this county has ever seen -- worse than the Cedar Fire [of 2003]," Sheriff Bill Kolender said.
At a news conference shortly after 6 a.m., officials said fires had spread dramatically overnight, whipped by fierce Santa Ana winds. They said fire had jumped Interstate 15 at Lake Hodges and was burning in parts of Rancho Bernardo. Because of the explosive and unpredictable nature of the blazes, all residents living between Interstate 15 and Interstate 5 from Del Dios Highway in the north to Highway 56 in the south were told to begin evacuating.
"This fire is moving very quickly," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said. "Watch TV, listen to the radio and have your car prepared to leave."
Among the communities in the evacuation area are Rancho Sante Fe, Carmel Highlands, Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar Heights and Fairbanks Ranch and parts of Rancho Penasquitos.
Officials have opened Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley to handle the large number of evacuees.
Sanders asked everyone in San Diego County to minimize the use of cell phones to leave the airways free for the use of emergency personnel.day.
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Hey Champ!! Always a pleasure, sir!
I am in east CV...can you point me to into re: East CV?
Not him! The surf looks good so he’s going surfing... such a beach bum... LOL
east palomar area...nothing more specific but it does not look good...
You take care, Mrs L...evidently there’s a new fire out east of you...
Gotcha, I just thought it was weird that people would use health issues when a lot of the kids walked 2 blocks home and sat breathing the same air.
Stay safe sofaman.
Nothing yet on East CV.
Qualcomm stadium is full up....no more evacuees
I saw a news report on east cv but it was quick they mentioned palomar..
Hi sofa, just saw your FRmail and thank you so much for your kind message.
You all take care also and stay safe
Theres another one now, in San Bernardino - back up behind the University (north and east of it).
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Tiz the season,,,hard to keep up with them all,,,
Hope that wind dies down soon,,,
Ain’t no way to stop these fires till that happens...
In any group of 100 people or more . . . and often less . . .
there will be clueless idiots who will not heed much of anything until their own skin is singed . . .
Very sadly.
Agreed . . . Lord, please help even the clueless idiots to get out of where the danger is or is headed!
Hey, CM!
some news: (culled from a email list)
Harris is 6000+ headed for the interface south of San Diego City. It is
on CALFIRE CMD2 TAC5.
Second incident is the Witchcreek 3000+. They are on CALFIRE CMD1 TAC13.
The fire is headed for the interface north of San Diego. Its approaching
the Cedar burn area.
1 citizen fatality on Harris and 1 engine burned over with injuries.
Just recieved by email from a friend in San Marcos:
just east of north county fair mall houses are going up. The San Marcos fire is headed down to San Elijo area / La Costa....they are letting people back in the Discovery Hills area (over by Lake San Marcos). I just can't get anywhere up the 15 if need be.
It is closed from the Check Point just before Temecula to the 76 and then from Rancho Valley Pkwy (north county fair mall) to the 56 (Ted Williams).
Howdy Sir,,,ya’ll be safe...Tuff Times...
I'm watching with horror as this unfolds on TV, and hearing that they think it might spread to Solana Bech and Cardiff via the lagoon. My prayers to you all.
Prayers Up for All...
I am down near IB so far ok but the san ysidro fire could spread north west...trying to figure out where to go...it would have to jump I-5 and 905 to get near me and if it did that it would be uncomprehendable...Kolender said this is probably worse fire in SD county history...
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