October 20^th the wildfires started…

 

On October 24^th 18 fires were ablaze and this photo was taken by NASA

 

 

 

Key issues in a fire:

 

1. Act quickly
2. leave homes
3. grab what is most valuable
4. or leave it behind

 

7 California counties were burning

 

Contributing factors:

 

1. Wind & drought
2. arson
3. power lines down & semis that had crashed

 

The largest was the “Witch Creek” fire

 

Witch Fire

Smoke filled the sky at sunrise October 22.

San Diego skyline against the smoke at sunrise October 23, 2007

The Witch Creek Fire, also known as the Witch Fire, is the largest of the October 2007 wildfires. Hundreds of thousands of residents were informed of evacuations through the Reverse 911 system.^[21] This evacuation came almost four years to the day after the Cedar Fire of 2003.