San Diego: Major fires burn homes, force evacuations [View all]
Source: San Diego Union Tribune
A second chaotic day with a steady spate of wind-blown wildfires hit San Diego County Wednesday, with one major fire in Carlsbad damaging more than a dozen homes and other fires forcing evacuations in San Marcos, Oceanside and Camp Pendleton and leaving residents across the region on edge. The forward spread of the Carlsbad wildfire that destroyed at least eight homes was halted as of 3 p.m., although the threat remained high as hot spots burned throughout the city's Aviara neighborhood, one burning to the back of a middle school and shooting 40-foot flames running up a hillside to the backyards of canyon rim homes while firefighters battled to keep them at bay. Late in the afternoon, additional fires broke out around North County, including ones that threatened homes in San Marcos and Lakeside. Carlsbad fire Chief Michael Davis said ...
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San Diego is burning.
Over 30 home reportedly destroyed.
Our house is up a hill just off of I-15, but against open space, so we're constsntly monitoring.
Their are about 5-10 wildfires in the county.
The closest big fire is about 10 miles away behind Black Mountain in Rancho Bernardo.
All we need is burning embers to find their way on the open space, and we'll be in a world of hurt.
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