Friday, May 16, 2014

Wildfires Come Hard and Fast to Southern Calif.

Greg Saska stands amid the ruins of his home, incinerated by a wildfire in Carlsbad, Calif. It was one of nine fires burning in a 14-square-mile area along the Pacific coast just north of San Diego. (Credit: Lenny Ignelzi / AP Photos) Click to enlarge.
Parts of San Diego County resembled an inferno yesterday as nine fires roared along the edges of suburbs and through the countryside.  In the afternoon, thick, black smoke spiraled into the air above San Marcos, 40 miles northeast of San Diego International Airport, while firefighters battled a spate of new flare-ups in the chaparral-covered hillsides below.

 Wildfires Come Hard and Fast to Southern Calif.
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