Post by Kelly on Oct 27, 2003 0:16:08 GMT -5
CEDAR FIRE: (San Diego County)
Size: 100,000 acres.
Homes: About 260 destroyed.
Deaths: Nine.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 25 in eastern San Diego County.
Key facts: Extends to Scripps Ranch, Poway, Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, portions of Santee, Lakeside and Blossom Valley, Poway and Ramona. Air traffic nationwide was disrupted when the fire forced evacuation of a Federal Aviation Administration control center.
Personnel: More than 800 firefighters.
Suppression Cost: No data available.
Cause: Authorities believe a hunter set signal fire when he got lost.
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DULZURA FIRE: (San Digeo County)
Size: 15,000 acres.
Homes: None destroyed.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 26 in southern San Diego County. Fire crossed the border into Mexico, but no structures were threatened in Tijuana.
Personnel: 300 firefighters.
Suppression costs: No data available.
Cause: Under investigation.
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CAMP PENDLETON: (San Diego County)
Size: 4,695 acres.
Homes: None.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 67 percent.
Start: Oct. 21 on the base north of San Diego.
Key facts: Authorities are downplaying early reports that fire was ignited by live ammunition exercises on the base.
Personnel: 999 firefighters.
Suppression Cost: Not available.
Cause: Under investigation.
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PARADISE FIRE: (San Diego County)
Size: At least 3,000 acres.
Homes: 36 destroyed.
Deaths: Two.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 26 in Valley Center area near Interstate 15.
Key facts: Valley View Casino evacuated.
Personnel: More than 500 firefighters.
Suppression costs: No data available.
Cause: Under investigation.
Size: 100,000 acres.
Homes: About 260 destroyed.
Deaths: Nine.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 25 in eastern San Diego County.
Key facts: Extends to Scripps Ranch, Poway, Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, portions of Santee, Lakeside and Blossom Valley, Poway and Ramona. Air traffic nationwide was disrupted when the fire forced evacuation of a Federal Aviation Administration control center.
Personnel: More than 800 firefighters.
Suppression Cost: No data available.
Cause: Authorities believe a hunter set signal fire when he got lost.
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DULZURA FIRE: (San Digeo County)
Size: 15,000 acres.
Homes: None destroyed.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 26 in southern San Diego County. Fire crossed the border into Mexico, but no structures were threatened in Tijuana.
Personnel: 300 firefighters.
Suppression costs: No data available.
Cause: Under investigation.
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CAMP PENDLETON: (San Diego County)
Size: 4,695 acres.
Homes: None.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 67 percent.
Start: Oct. 21 on the base north of San Diego.
Key facts: Authorities are downplaying early reports that fire was ignited by live ammunition exercises on the base.
Personnel: 999 firefighters.
Suppression Cost: Not available.
Cause: Under investigation.
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PARADISE FIRE: (San Diego County)
Size: At least 3,000 acres.
Homes: 36 destroyed.
Deaths: Two.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 26 in Valley Center area near Interstate 15.
Key facts: Valley View Casino evacuated.
Personnel: More than 500 firefighters.
Suppression costs: No data available.
Cause: Under investigation.