Oct 27, 2003~~California Wildfires at a Glance ~~3:56 EDT
The Associated Press
Major California wildfires:
-CEDAR FIRE, San Diego County: 9 people dead, 150,000 acres burned, 528 homes destroyed. Started Oct. 25, apparently by lost hunter setting a signal fire. Air traffic nationwide was disrupted when flames forced evacuation of a Federal Aviation Administration control center. No containment.
-DULZURA FIRE, San Diego County: No deaths, 34,800 acres burned. Started Oct. 26, cause under investigation. No containment. Briefly burned across border into Tijuana, Mexico.
-PARADISE FIRE, San Diego County: 2 people killed, 57 homes destroyed, 15,000 acres. Started Oct. 26, cause under investigation. No containment.
-GRAND PRIX FIRE, San Bernardino County: No deaths, 77 homes destroyed, 56,474 acres. Started Oct. 21, blamed on arson. 25 percent contained.
-OLD FIRE, San Bernardino County: 2 people killed, 450 homes destroyed, 26,000 acres. Started Oct. 25, cause suspicious. 5 percent contained.
-SIMI VALLEY, Ventura County: No deaths, 6 homes destroyed, 85,000 acres. Started Oct. 25, cause under investigation. 5 percent contained. Blaze moved past Ronald Reagan Library without causing damage.
-VERDALE FIRE, Los Angeles County: No deaths, 9,000 acres. Started Oct. 24, cause under investigation. 85 percent contained.
-CAMP PENDLETON, San Diego County: No deaths, 4,695 acres. Started Oct. 21 on the Marine base, cause under investigation. 55 percent contained.
-PIRU FIRE, Ventura County: No deaths, 25,000 acres. Started Oct. 23, cause under investigation. 5 percent contained. Damaged small corner of Sespe Wilderness and Sespe Condor Sanctuary, but no condors are currently in the refuge.
-MOUNTAIN FIRE, Riverside County: No deaths, six homes damaged or destroyed, 10,000 acres. Started Oct. 26, cause under investigation. 25 percent contained.
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Source: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local fire officials.
AP-ES-10-27-03 1556EST
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