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October 2007 California wildfires

series of wildfires

The California wildfires of October 2007 were more than 20 wildfires until November 9, 2007[7] burning in Southern California, making over 1,000,000 people to leave their homes,[8] breaking at least 1,500 homes and buildings[4] and moving in on at least 56,000 more.[9] At least 420,000 acres (1,700 km2)[4] of land were burned between Santa Barbara County and the Mexican border.[10] Officials said that they feared the fire could become even more deadly than the 2003 Cedar Fire.[11] The number and strength of the fires have tired the firefighters, with one department saying the "lack of resources [is] hindering suppression efforts."[9][11]

October 2007 California wildfires
NASA satellite photo (provided by NSPO, Taiwan National Space Organization) from October 22, 2007, showing the active fire zones and smoke plumes.
LocationSouthern California
Statistics
Total fires30[1]
CostAt least $2.393 billion (2007 USD)[2][3]
Date(s)October 20, 2007 – November 13, 2007[3]
Burned area972,147 acres (3,900 km2)[1][4][5]
CauseHuman; downed power lines; heat; vehicle fires, etc.
Land useMixed, residential, and wildlands
Buildings destroyed3143
Deaths17[3][4][6]
Non-fatal injuriesAt least 160[1][5]

The fires killed six people[4] and have hurt at least 16 firefighters and 25 others.[10][11]

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven California counties where fires burned.[11] President Bush has declared an emergency in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to help State and local efforts.[12]

An event that helped the fires is the drought in Southern California. The fires have been strengthened by the strangely strong Santa Ana winds.[13] The winds are believed to have broken power lines, creating some of the fires. One fire was because of arson;[14] one was started by an flipped-over semi-truck.[15] Why the other fires are happening it not yet known. Winds were not expected to get better until October 25 2007.[16]

Fires

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Smoke filled the sky at sunrise October 22, 2007.
 
NOAA hot spot map of San Diego County, October 23, 2007.

San Diego County

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San Diego County is where the two biggest fires were, the Witch Fire near the northeastern edge of the city of San Diego, and the Harris fire southeast of San Diego. The Witch fire forced Interstate 15 to be closed, and the Harris fire was near the border with Mexico.

As of the night of October 22, 2007, at least 5,000 homes were in danger. About 500,000 people had to leave,[10] the largest evacuation in the area's history.[4] Evacuees were meeting at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, Qualcomm Stadium and other places in the county. Officials think that 10,000 were meeting at Qualcomm. As well as food, blankets and water, volunteers gave toys to children, massages, and a live rock and roll band show.[17] Many schools and business were closed. The only burn unit in the county, the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest was operated on an overflow basis. The unit, which has 18 beds, had 16 fire victims and several patients with injuries not due to the blazes.[18]

As of October 23 at 11:34 a.m. PST:[19]

Fire Name Date / Time Started Area Burned Structures Destroyed Injuries Containment
Witch October 21 at 11:00 a.m. 200,000 acres (809 km2) 500 homes destroyed, 250 damaged
100 other destroyed, 75 damaged
50 outbuildings destroyed, 50 damaged 		7 firefighters 1%
Harris October 21 at 9:30 a.m. 72,000 acres (291 km2) 200+ homes 1 death
5 firefighters
22 civilians[20] 		5%
Coronado Hills October 22 at 1:50 a.m. 300 acres (1.21 km2) "Some" destroyed 100% on Oct. 22
McCoy October 21 300 acres (1.21 km2) 1 residence
1 outbuilding 		50%
Poomacha October 23 23,000 acres (93.08 km2) 8
Rice October 22 at 4:16 a.m. 7,000 acres (28.33 km2) 200 homes destroyed, 30 damaged

Witch Fire

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The Witch Fire, also known as the Witch Creek Fire, was the largest of the fires. Approximately 6,800 structures were in danger, including 5,000 homes. Hundreds of thousands of people living there were told of evacuations through the Reverse 911 system.[21] This evacuation comes almost exactly four years after the Cedar Fire of 2003.

The fire started near Santa Ysabel and quickly spread to Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Poway and Escondido. From there the fire jumped over the Interstate 15 and kept moving west, causing bad damage in the areas of Lake Hodges, 4S Ranch, Del Dios, Harmony Grove and Rancho Santa Fe.

Heavy Santa Ana winds pushed the fires west near the coast.[21] San Diego County Sheriff William B. Kolendar said that the Witch Creek Fire could be "well in excess of Cedar Fire of 2003".[22] Officials also said that the fire could reach the coastline; people living in Solana Beach were told to be ready to evacuate.

All residents south of Del Dios Highway, north of Sorrento Valley Road, west of Interstate 15, and east of Interstate 5 were told to evacuate.[21] By 9:30pm October 22, 2007 a dispatch from the city of Del Mar's web site stated "For your safety, we are strongly advising that all Del Mar residents evacuate."[23] Evacuations were also ordered for Scripps Ranch neighborhood, mostly "Everything south of Scripps Poway Parkway, north of MCAS Miramar, east of Interstate 15, and west of Highway 67". The Mesa Grande Indian reservation was evacuated from the Witch Fire.[24] Residents of the Barona Indian Reservation were told to leave if they wish. The casino on the reservation was closed. At about 01:00 on 23 October, fire happened near the southern end of Wild Cat Canyon, where many houses were broken and people killed in the Cedar Fire. Residents of Wild Cat Canyon and Muth Valley were told to evacuate, and the road was closed.

Many major roads were closed around the fire. On October 22, 2007, the California Highway Patrol closed Interstate 15 in both ways between state Route 78 and state Route 56.[21]

Harris Fire

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The Harris Fire started at Harris Ranch Road near Potrero. As of October 23 the fire was moving towards eastern Chula Vista.[25]

Other fires

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Two different Marine Corps Base fires were reported at about 1:00 p.m. on October 23. The Camp Margarita Fire is at 33 Area behind the Marine Corps Air Station. The Las Pulgas Fire is located at 43 Area near Basilone Road. Evacuations have been ordered.[19]

  • Coronado Hills Fire

The Coronado Hills Fire burned south of Cal State San Marcos.[19]

  • McCoy Fire

The McCoy fire has burned in the Cleveland National Forest.[19]

  • Poomacha Fire

The fire started at about 3:13 a.m. on October 23 as a structure fire on the La Jolla Indian Reservation and then moved onto Palomar Mountain. It is running in the same way as the Rice Fire. With firefighters worried that the Rice Fire and Poomacha fire will meet in the Del Dios Canyon, firefighters have left the area and people living there have to leave.[19]

  • Rice Fire

The Rice Fire is burning in the Rice Canyon near Fallbrook, moving towards Rainbow Heights, and Santa Marguerita and Sandy Creek drainages.[19] <

Los Angeles and Ventura counties

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As of 12:20 a.m. PST on October 23, the US Forest Service was thinking the Ranch, Buckweed, and Magic fires would meet into a single huge 80,000 acres (324 km2) fire within 2 days.[26]

Fire Name Date / Time Started Area Burned Structures Destroyed Injuries Containment
Buckweed October 21 at 12:55 p.m. 38,000 acres (154 km2) 15 homes destroyed, 3 damaged
17 outbuildings
22 vehicles 		3 civilians
1 firefighter 		27%
Canyon October 21 at 4:50 a.m. 4,400 acres (17.8 km2) 6 homes destroyed, 9 damaged
2 businesses destroyed, 2 damaged 		3 15%
Magic October 22 at 2:17 p.m. 1,200 acres (4.86 km2) 20%
Ranch (Castaic) October 20 at 9:42 p.m. 54,500 acres (221 km2) 3 homes
4 outbuildings 		10%
October October 22 at 10:40 p.m. 25 acres (0.101 km2) At least 3 mobile homes damaged 100% on Oct. 23
  • Buckweed Fire
 
Santa Clarita, California the night of October 212007

As of 23 October 2007 the Buckweed fire in Agua Dulce and the Santa Clarita community of Canyon Country has burned in northeastern parts of the county.[27] The communities of Santa Clarita, Leona Valley, Green Valley, Acton, Agua Dulce, and Mint Canyon were in danger. At least 925 firefighters are fighting the fire. Over 15,000 people and 5,500 homes had been evacuated.[28]

 
A comparison of the Simi Valley skyline from October 21, 2007 to October 22 2007.
  • Canyon Fire

The Canyon Fire has burned close to Malibu, California, mostly in Malibu Canyon.[29] 600 residences, 200 commercial buildings, and 100 outbuildings were in danger, and 500 homes have been evacuated.

  • Magic Fire

The Magic Fire started near The Old Road at Magic Mountain Parkway. Flames crept a few yards from West Ranch High School and many houses being made in Stevenson Ranch, but were pushed away. The fire is believed to have been caused accidentally by welders at a construction site.[19]

  • October Fire

The October Fire burned a small area in Santa Clarita, burning several homes in the Canyon Breeze Mobile Home Park.[19]

  • Ranch Fire

Since 20 October 2007, the Ranch fire burned 54,500 acres (221 km2) on the Los Angeles-Ventura county line,[19] in the Angeles and Los Padres national forests. The fire is going around the Ventura County community of Piru[29][30] and also threatened the communities of Fillmore, Ventura and Ojai.[19] Three homes were destroyed, and 500 residences were in the fire's path.[19] As of 7:00 a.m. local time, the fire was 10% under control.[30] Evacuations were recommended in all of Piru and parts of Fillmore.[30] Highway 126 was closed between Main Street and Chiquita Canyon Road in Piru.[30] Angeles National Forest officials were closing the whole forest, starting October 23.

Orange County

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  • Santiago Fire

The Santiago Fire began shortly before 5:55pm on October 21, 2007 in the foothills north of Irvine and east of the city of Orange in Orange County. Fire officials have said that the source of the fire is arson; the fire was said to have been started in three different spots.[31] The fire has burned over 18,000 acres (73 km2) and is 30% contained.[19] Strong winds stopped people from fighting the fire and forced a dozen firefighters to seek emergency shelter under tents after the fire moved at them.[32] Two homes, one mobile home, and one outbuilding were destroyed. Several other buildings damaged, and four firefighters were a bit hurt from the fire. Damage estimates put the fire's cost at $5.5 million.[32]

San Bernardino County

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Fire Name Date / Time Started Area Burned Structures Destroyed Injuries Containment
Slide October 22 at 8:02 a.m.[33] 8,500 acres (34.4 km2) 200+ homes 27%
Grass Valley October 22 at 5:08 a.m.[34] 2,000 acres (8.09 km2) 113 homes 15%
Martin October 23 at 9:00 a.m. 75 acres (0.304 km2) 1 home damaged 20%
Walker 160 acres (1 km2) 2 firefighters 100%
Devore & Glen Helen (Cajon) October 22 250 acres (1.0 km2) 50%
Little Mountain Fire 650 acres (2.630 km2)
  • Slide or Green Valley Lake Fire

The Slide Fire has burned at Green Valley Lake, west of Lake Arrowhead. The Green Valley Lake, Arrow Bear, and Running Springs communities are under evacuation. Reports indicate water pressure in local systems was lost and conditions were too harsh for fighters to continue efforts in some areas.[19] The fire has burned a camp owned by the Boy Scouts of America's local council, the California Inland Empire Council, called "Camp Helendade." Helendade was originally given to the council in 1960 to replace another camp that had been burned.[35][36][37]

  • Grass Valley Fire

The Grass Valley Fire is burning just north of Lake Arrowhead.[38] An online appeal from firefighters near the blaze at Lake Arrowhead showed that resources were spread thin:

"Immediate threat to 100 structures and possible threat to thousands ... Multiple downed power lines. IC (Incident Command) asking for resources from anywhere ... Lack of resources hindering suppression efforts. Unable to fly aircraft. All local engines are depleted."[9]

  • Martin Fire

The fire began near Martin Ranch Road and Meyers Road.

  • Walker Fire

This fire was in the Ontario, California area. It damaged several buildings.[39]

  • Devore and Glen Helen Fires or Cajon Fire

Together the fires made it a must to close Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass. One fire was started by an flipped-over semi-truck.[15] This fire burned 250 acres. It is currently 50% under control. 107 firefighters are assigned to this fire.

  • Little Mountain Fire

The Little Mountain fire threatens several homes and other structures.[40]

Santa Barbara County

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  • Sedgewick Fire

The Sedgewick Fire was the farthest north of the October 2007 California wildfires. It started around 6:00 a.m. PST on October 21, 2007 from a falling power line. The fire burned a total of 710 acres (2.9 km2) near Los Olivos. Approximately 2000 people were affected and 800 homes threatened before the fire was all under control around 5:00 p.m. on October 22.[41]

Riverside County

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  • Roca Fire

The Roca fire began at 3:52 p.m. on October 21 in Aguanga, and burned 269 acres (1.09 km2) east of Temecula. The fire was 100% contained on October 22. One home was destroyed and one injury was reported from the fire.[19]

  • Rosa Fire

The Rosa fire began at 11:00 p.m. on October 22 in western Temecula and burned 411 acres (1.66 km2). The fire is 50% under control; 100% expected by October 24 at 6 p.m.

 
Two NASA satellite images from October 212007 show how quickly the fires spread. The right image was taken just 3 hours 15 minutes after the left image, showind the rapid rate the fires spread at.

Wind and weather

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A light pole in Escondido, just north of San Diego, was knocked over by strong Santa Ana winds during the 2007 wildfires.
 
QuikSCAT image from 2002 showing the speed of the Santa Ana winds (m/s).

The fires were in a very dry area and they were made worse by seasonal winds called the Santa Ana winds. The San Diego Union Tribune reported, "Santa Ana winds blowing up to 60 mph combined with temperatures into the 90s to create in the worst possible fire conditions."[42] Southern California was in the midst of an unusual drought; in Los Angeles, California, with only 3.21 in (82 mm) of precipitation in the entire 2006-2007 rain season, it is the driest year on record, receiving less rain than Death Valley in a normal year.[43]

The Santa Ana winds are warm, dry winds that characteristically appear in Southern California and Northern Baja California weather during autumn and early winter. Santa Anas are a type of föhn wind, the result of air pressure buildup in the high-altitude Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. This high energy wind spills out of the Great Basin and is pulled by gravity into the surrounding lowlands. The air circulates clockwise around the high pressure area bringing winds from the east and northeast to Southern California (the reverse of the westerly winds characteristic of the latitude). The air heats up due to adiabatic heating while being compressed during its descent. While the air has already been dried by orographic lift prior to reaching the Great Basin, the relative humidity of the air declines rapidly as it descends and warms in its final stages as it passes over the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges.

The air is then forced down the mountain slopes out towards the Pacific coast; the air mass is further heated by compression as it drops in altitude before reaching the Los Angeles Basin, western San Diego County and Tijuana (Baja California) at typical speeds of 35 knots. The southern California coastal region gets some of its hottest weather of the year during autumn while Santa Ana winds are blowing. During Santa Ana conditions it is typically hotter along the coast than in the deserts and the humidity plummets to less than 15%.

As the Santa Ana winds are channeled through the mountain passes they can approach hurricane force. The combination of wind, heat, and dryness turns the chaparral into explosive fuel for the infamous wildfires the region is known for. Wildfires fanned by Santa Ana winds burned 721,791 acres (2,921 km²) in two weeks during October 2003.[source?]

As of October 22, the high wind conditions were expected to continue to hamper firefighting for three additional days.[16]

At around 12:30 PM, officials believed that some of the fires were generating their own winds, similar to the Oakland Firestorm of 1991.

Impact

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Highway 241 closed due to the fires.

On October 21, the Harris Fire damaged and disabled the Southwest Power Link, a 500,000-volt power line from Arizona to San Diego.[44] Power outages were reported in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and other counties on October 22 to 333,500 Southern California Edison customers, most being restored within 24 hours. The power outage also affected the areas of Ojai, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Rialto, Fontana, San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Mira Loma, Hesperia, Corona, Bloomington, Irvine, Calimesa and Rubidoux. This outage also caused 230 people to be without power in Malibu.[45] The California Independent System Operator Corp, or California ISO, declared an energy transmission emergency in southern California on October 23, due to wildfires affecting the lines. 500,000-, 230,000- and 138,000-volt lines were disabled in San Diego, and some lines in other areas were also disabled. 24,992 lost power, due to lack of power from the power grid.[44]

The San Diego Community College District on October 22, 2007 initially closed Miramar College, followed by Mesa College and selected Continuing Education sites in the northern area of the District. Effective at 3:00 p.m. the same day all colleges, campuses and sites of the San Diego Community College District were closed and would remain so through at least October 23, 2007. Students and faculty were urged to seek an update on possible closures on October 23 after 5:00pm local time.[46] Numerous other schools, businesses and universities closed as well, including California State University, San Marcos, San Diego State University, UC San Diego, the University of San Diego and the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Classes for Tuesday, October 23 were canceled for all of San Diego Unified School District and all other districts in the county and all schools in the municipalities of Tijuana, Tecate and Rosarito, located across the border in Baja California, Mexico.

In the Santa Clarita area, classes and events were cancelled at College of the Canyons and CalArts;[47] local public schools were cancelled as well.[48] All public schools were closed in Malibu, and there were some school closings in Orange County, Ventura County and San Bernardino County.[49]

By mid-morning on October 22, 2007, thousands of evacuees were taking shelter in Qualcomm Stadium and other locations throughout San Diego.[50] On the afternoon of October 22, 2007, the Marines were evacuating some planes from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to other military bases in California and Arizona.[51] The San Diego Wild Animal Park moved some animals to the on-site animal hospital for their protection.[21]

As of October 22 2007, with Qualcomm Stadium still hosting evacuees, the San Diego State University football team was still planning to host their Saturday game against BYU in the stadium. Some players and coaches were affected by evacuations.[52] Numerous San Diego area high schools canceled games and practices at least through October 24 2007.[53] With many players from the San Diego Chargers affected by evacuations, the team moved practices to Arizona and they may move their upcoming game there as well.[54]

 
Smoke fills the horizon in East San Diego County, October 22, 2007.

Response

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At Naval Air Station North Island, a plane captain launches an MH-60S Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85 to conduct operations in support of the California Department of Forestry's efforts in combating the San Diego wildfires.

Government agencies and volunteers worked together to mitigate the effects of the fires. According to the state of California's Consolidated Response web page, "There are 17 active fires in Southern California. The priority for fighting fires as of 1930 on October 21 is the Buckweed, Witch, Harris, Canyon, Ranch, Santiago, and Sedgewick Fires."[55]

With many businesses and schools closed, some people used their time off to help others. Officials estimated that 10,000 people were gathered at Qualcomm stadium, the largest shelter point in San Diego. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened ten of its churches as temporary shelters and, at the request of the mayor of San Diego, delivered two truckloads of blankets and processed food to evacuees in Qualcomm Stadium.[56]

The Salvation Army provided food, water and comfort to firefighters, police and others affected by the blaze.

The Navy and Marines were also helping in San Diego. Six crews from the Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 based at Naval Air Station North Island were assigned to battle the Witch Creek fire. They fly MH-60 Seahawk helicopters which have a 420-gallon water bucket and they are the only local Navy teams trained to fight fires from the air. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar contributed several aircraft as well as fire fighting trucks to operations based in Ramona.[57]

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