GOOD!
We ALL need to be praying for rain....just enough to put this out and wet the foliage for the next winds...!!
Wildfires were a growing threat in Orange and San Bernardino counties today, even as there were hopeful signs of a return to normal life in hard-hit San Diego, with Qualcomm Stadium no longer housing fire evacuees.
The Santiago fire in Orange County burned fiercely in the Santa Ana Mountains, threatening 750 homes in Silverado Canyon and moving quickly toward Riverside County. Firefighters coated homes with protective gel and ordered dozens of residents to evacuate as thick plumes of smoke heralded the spread of the main blaze.
Dick Birger, a spokesman with the Southwest Incident Management team, said at 1 p.m. that the fire was expected to move into the Silverado Canyon area of Orange County. Riverside County officials said the Coldwater-Wild Rose and Mayhew-Sycamore Creek areas were at greatest risk if the fire crossed into their county.
In Green Valley Lake near Running Springs in the San Bernardino Mountains, firefighters worked to contain the Slide fire, which threatened 10,000 structures. Mandatory evacuations remained in effect for communities west of Big Bear Lake to Crestline.
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