This is seen looking south of my backyard in northeastern Santee.
Harris Fire
Harris Ranch Road & Hwy 94
San Diego County
This fire has burned 90,440 acres and is 95 percent contained. The fire started on October 21 and is burning at Harris Ranch Road and both sides of Highway 94 in Portrero in San Diego County. Full containment is expected October 31. There have been 21 civilian and 32 firefighter injuries, as well as five deaths on this fire. 211 homes and 262 outbuildings have been destroyed, and 259 additional structures are damaged. Damage assessments, inspections and are in progress.
All evacuations have been lifted. Re-entry for residents only is being allowed. 2,214 firefighters are assigned under a unified command. A military aerial infrared platform is being used to identify remaining hot spots. The estimated cost of this fire to date is $15.1 million.
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slworking2 68 months ago | reply
urbanmom: How's it going? The firestorm was quite scary at times. Some people had to quickly flee there homes at 3:30 AM as the flames were rapidly approaching.
slworking2 68 months ago | reply
n3toa: Thanks for the fave.
slworking2 66 months ago | reply
leathergloves: thanks!
gavinvz 64 months ago | reply
Was it heading for you?
slworking2 63 months ago | reply
Gavino: For a while, it was, but fortunately the winds decided to blow it away from my immediate neighborhood.
slworking2 62 months ago | reply
tatomato: Thank you. :-)
UNISDR Photo Gallery 61 months ago | reply
Dear Friend,
My name is Mario Barrantes, and I work at the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) in Geneva, Switzerland (www.unisdr.org). our primary purpose is to facilitate an understanding of the subject of disaster risk reduction and the work of professionals in this area. your contribution to this global effort would be to provide the picture of what disasters look like, who is at risk and/or where.
We are currently building a photo collection for use in UN/ISDR publications and a website (www.preventionweb.net). we would like to ask for your permission to include your photos of San Diego Wild Fire, with your name or Flickr username, in our internal collection.
We will give you full photo credit when an image is used. We will send you the link to where your photo has been used, and in some cases we can send you a hard copy.
If you agree, please reply to me at isdr-photogallery@un.org indicating the following:
- Your Flickr username:
- Full Name:
- Most commonly used email address:
- How you would like credit to appear:
examples: Photo by John Doe; Photo by John Doe Enterprise
Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Mario Barrantes
Web and Graphic Design
United Nations secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Tel.: (+41 0).22.917.8823
Fax: (+41 0).22.917.8823
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slworking2 61 months ago | reply
Mario: Thanks for your interest. Feel free to use my photo in your publications. I have sent you an email as well.
navarzo [deleted] 58 months ago | reply
Large fires are truly remarkable events and so dramatic at night.
slworking2 57 months ago | reply
navarzo: Indeed.
slworking2 56 months ago | reply
cchlsssea: Thanks for the fave.
Mac&Cheese2714 49 months ago | reply
Wow... This brings back some scary memories...
slworking2 49 months ago | reply
Mac&Cheese: It was definitely a scary event.
saintjason 49 months ago | reply
Whip out the Marshmallows! Haha, I can joke about it now. 20 months ago I would have gotten flammed (no pun intended.) Nice to see this shot still getting attention.
slworking2 49 months ago | reply
saintjason: LOL. And yeah, my fire pics have gotta a LOT of attention - especially this other one:
Dan Conger 46 months ago | reply
Very interesting K. Your photos popped up in a GIS for "San Diego fires". Did know if there were any current fires burning in SD as opposed to 2 years ago.
slworking2 46 months ago | reply
Dan: Thanks. Interesting. Hopefully we'll stay safe this year.
FireandWater7777 43 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Thinking spots, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
slworking2 43 months ago | reply
buster00000: Thanks for the group invite. Added.