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Multiple small brush fires erupted in San Diego County on Tuesday before fire crews quickly extinguished them. The 85-acre Lilac Fire was 90% contained as of Wednesday morning.
The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by around 4 p.m. local time.
San Clemente Island viewed from a shuttle aircraft that regularly flies military and civilian personnel to the U.S. Navy-owned island, 68 miles from San Diego in 2013. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles ...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned 273,246 acres (1,106 km 2) of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The fire's rapid growth was driven by the Santa Ana winds , causing the fire to spread at a rate of 3,600 acres (15 km 2 ) per hour. [ 2 ]
The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the San Diego County wildfires. [35] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million, [36] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which allows for further investigation ...
Sill Hill, San Diego County – 102 mph. Hauser Mountain, San Diego County — 88 mph. Banning, Riverside County – 83 mph. Keen Ridge, Riverside County – 81 mph. Chino Hills, Orange County ...
The San Diego Fire Recovery Network - a Southern California organization which addresses the widespread ecosystem changes in San Diego County caused by the 2003 and 2007 wild fires The GIS Data Center for San Diego Fire Recovery Network - hosted by San Diego State University; Let Malibu Burn: A political history of the Fire Coast by Mike Davis