I think the burning embers must have literally flooded the sky and dropped down across a wide area all at once, setting simultaneous fires. That’s the big problem with the uplifting winds across the mountain ridges. What’s amazing is that these Diablo Winds don’t die down at night. They can continue throughout the night.
Houses burn so hot that the radiation sets the interior of adjoining houses on fire!
“I think the burning embers must have literally flooded the sky and dropped down across a wide area all at once, setting simultaneous fires. “
That’s what it looks like to me as well. A storm of flying embers is the great fear in fire country.
We have had two fires near me in SoCal this season, but we have been very lucky, only about dozen houses were lost. Knock on wood.
We seem to be having a Santa Ana condition today, in the high 90s with 0% humidity. No wind though.