California on Fire (Again)
Saturday, 09 May 2009 01:09
California is in flames again. The western fire season started early again on Feb.5 with the Fort fire, which burned 1500 acres. However, things really started heating up on May5th with the Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara county. This fire ultimately burned over a whopping 8733 acres, destroyed 80 homes, 79 outbuildings and 1 commercial property.
It took over 1300 personnel to help contain the blaze, at a total cost of $20 million. Ultimately, despite the heroic efforts of the fire crews, the only thing that stopped the blaze (and saved the city of Santa Barbara) was cooling temperatures and moderating winds off the ocean. This google map show the area impacted by the fire along with details.
Following the Jesusita fire, an addtional 3 fires burned a total of 690 acres from May 22nd to 27th. In addition, according to the CalFire website, the Tualre fire has already burned over 300 acres and is only 30% contained.
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