American and Proud

For my friends in other states and countries here is the latest in our area.

FIRES UPDATE: Latest numbers for Southern California blazes

These are the latest numbers on the fires in Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties.

More than 800 houses, mobile homes and apartments were destroyed by fires that have burned more than 34 square miles since breaking out Thursday.

The most threatening blaze had burned 10,475 acres in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties after erupting Saturday and shooting through subdivisions entwined with wilderness parklands.

The fire burned 119 homes in the cities of Corona and Yorba Linda and the Anaheim Hills area of Anaheim. In addition, 50 units of an apartment complex burned, Orange County fire spokeswoman Angela Garbiso said.

A fire in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley grew to more than 9,500 acres after destroying 500 mobile homes, nine single-family homes and 11 commercial buildings early Saturday. Firefighters were making progress Sunday and by midmorning it was 35 percent contained.

About 90 miles northwest of Sylmar, a 1,940-acre fire that began in the upscale Santa Barbara County community of Montecito on Thursday night was 75 percent contained by Sunday morning. County spokesman William Boyer said 106 homes burned in the city of Santa Barbara and 77 burned in adjacent Montecito. He said the final total could reach 200, many of them multimillion-dollar homes with ocean views.

At least 13 people were injured in that fire.

We don’t have the high sustained winds we had yesterday, but we still have the lack of humidity. It is very dry, and there is a light wind blowing with a few gusts.

Remember last year, during the Immigration protest time frame, we had a lot of fires too… I wonder if these fires are a form of protesting a perceived injustice? Just thinking out loud.

There are 2 fires burning or have burnt that are considered suspicious, some arrests associated with a fire have been made, that is on the down low right now but it will be in the media within the next couple of days.