Mt. San Miguel on fire. San Diego wildfire as seen looking south from my backyard in Santee.
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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photo2c, Snowfire11♥, FLS Gallery, Daniel Jackson Photography, and 26 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Miss Brown Eyes (56 months ago | reply)
OMG... that must be scary!! That is an awesome pic tho!
Jason Mit (56 months ago | reply)
Hope it stays out of your and everyone else in Santee's direction.
Jason Mit (56 months ago | reply)
I can only assume with fire like this, your house could be made of stone and still catch on fire. When I turned on the news this morning, they were showing a fire hydrant burning. Its not the flames that's getting to everything, its the heat.
hirosan (56 months ago | reply)
It is getting close to your renovated house!
... but the red color here is unreal...
brainylagirl (56 months ago | reply)
my. god. that is impressive.
Jason Mit (56 months ago | reply)
Been doing some poking around and people are being evaluated to Santana High School in Santee. That sounds like a good thing.....for you at least.
www.fox6.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id =25e2540e-c9...
Geez, I should go to sleep at some point. It's 15 till 6am here.
bossco (56 months ago | reply)
Stay safe. I met quite a few people here last night that evacuated to Palm Springs from San Diego. Just to get ouot of the smoke. Some of the hotel's are offering special rates. I sure hope the fire stays out of Santee.
paul !! (56 months ago | reply)
OMG how aweful.
Barb's Photos2006 (56 months ago | reply)
Oh no. I hope the winds do not change toward you!!!!
This is a scary sight.
Please stay safe!!!
LiQUiĐ™ [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)
Whoa.
pengrin™ (56 months ago | reply)
wow, you're that close?! stay safe!
Snowfire11♥ (56 months ago | reply)
Wow, that's nuts. I'd be scared as crap and unable to sleep if the fires were that close. Hicks97 and I thought of you this morning while watching the story on CNN. On the radio on the way in, I heard them say that situations are perfect right now for a once in a decade super fire.
Be safe.
Eileenbeans (56 months ago | reply)
I hope you have some shit packed up just in case, don't do anything stupid!!
mike27112 (56 months ago | reply)
amazing pic. i would like it better if i wasn't so close to the subject. sitting at home in bonita, just waiting for the evac notice to come... :-/
FLS Gallery (56 months ago | reply)
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Slackshow_baby13 [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)
I can't watch the news here without thinking of you and your families safety!!!
exiter™ (56 months ago | reply)
insane!
be safe
Tim Patterson (56 months ago | reply)
I hope they can put that stuff out before it gets anywhere your new renovated house homie.. Keep us posted.
morgrar (56 months ago | reply)
that's insane.
lilith penguin (56 months ago | reply)
This is very scary. I know I looked at a map yesterday to see how close Santee was to some of the fires and I was hoping that you and your family were safe.
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bookish in north park (56 months ago | reply)
Are you evacuated? Awesome shot!
Drewzer© (56 months ago | reply)
WOW, that's crazy!! I hope they get thos fires under control.
pilgrimelaine (am not putting on4now) [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)
Oh my, I hope they stop soon!! Superb shot, take care!!
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~Werewolf~ (56 months ago | reply)
Amazing Shot, but truly Horrific as Well.
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-RYAN (56 months ago | reply)
yikes! that's bad. i live in a similar environment and it's trouble if fire makes it over the crest of the nearest hill. good luck out there. i think we're finally ok up here. i know tracy already got evacuated. hope you guys stay safe.
slworking2 (56 months ago | reply)
Miss Brown Eyes: Thanks. And yeah, it IS a bit scary.
alpha_harblo: Thanks man. So far we're still being told that we're safe. And yeah, once the fire gets hot enough, just about anything will burn. Using less flammable materials will at least keep stray embers from igniting ones home, however. Thanks for the link. And you were up REAL late (or is it early?).
photo2c: Yeah. Fortunately there aren't any wood shake roofs in my neighborhood, for example. There aren't a lot of highly flammable eucalyptus trees, either.
hirosan: Thanks. The fires are about 9 or 10 miles away at the moment. I hope they don't get any closer.
brainylagirl: Thank you.
bossco: Thanks. So far we're okay. And thanks for the info on Palm Springs - should we need to evacuate.
Paul: Indeed. It's kind of scary.
Barb's Photos2006: Thanks. Fortunately the winds - around my part of town - are acting favorably.
LiQUiD: Insane, isn't it?
Snowfire11Ro: I'm kind of used to it, but my wife is a lot more nervous, however.
Eileen: We have some stuff packed - just in case.
mike27112: Thanks. This was taken with a zoom lens, so the fire isn't quite as close to me as it looks. On the other hand, it's not real far either. It's about 9 or 10 miles away.
Jack: Thanks yet again. Added.
Exiter: You can say that again. Thanks.
jetsquirrell: I do, but this is a bit TOO much fire. Thanks for the well wishes. :-)
morgrar: Indeed. Hopefully this thing will be under control soon.
lilith penguin: Indeed. Fortunately the fire hasn't made it's way to Santee just yet. Let's just hope it stays away.
bookish: Thanks. So far we haven't been told to leave. Hopefully the fire will stay away.
Drewzer: Indeed. I really hope they can get this thing contained real soon.
pilgrim elaine: Thanks for the compliments and invitation to post to the group. :-)
werewolf: Thanks man.
Jack: Thank you. Added.
RYAN: Yeah, it's crazy down here. Hope Tracy is okay.
THE MizzShann (56 months ago | reply)
That is scary as hell! Amazing shot of it though.
NikonD80 fo·li·age/ˈfōlēij/ (56 months ago | reply)
I have been out of town for the week and have just gotten back online.
I am from Chula Vista originally and my playground in the early 60s was Mrs. Miguel and Otay lakes.
Hope you are OK.
saintjason (56 months ago | reply)
Bad situation, but nice capture. It's one of those pictures that is great but under the circumstances...
KQED News (56 months ago | reply)
This is an amazing photo of the fire bearing down on the twinkling lights just below. It takes my breath away to know you took it in your backyard.
I work with the PBS/NPR station in San Francisco and I'd like to use your photo on our website, www.kqed.org, to illustrate our ongoing coverage of the wild fires. Let me know if you would like us to cite your name or flickr username in a photo credit.
Please be safe.
Colleen, KQED
faq at kqed.org
saintjason (56 months ago | reply)
I miss KQED. I used to tivo California's Gold with Huell Howser.
Run-Amuck (56 months ago | reply)
awesome photos - but tragic too... I have an aunt and uncle out there who lost their house to the fires yesterday.
slworking2 (56 months ago | reply)
Miss Shann: Thank you. And thanks for the favorite, too.
BioChron: Thanks for the favorite.
George: It's a crazy situation out here, but so far I'm ok. Thanks.
saintjason: Thanks man.
KQED.Radio: Thanks! Go right ahead and use my photos on your website.
Run-Amuck: Thanks man. Yeah, it's sad that so many homes are being destroyed. Sorry to hear about your relatives' house. :-( What neighborhood did they live in?
star5112 (56 months ago | reply)
I hope you're doing ok down there.
slworking2 (56 months ago | reply)
John Joh: We're still safe, thanks.
slworking2 (56 months ago | reply)
dewayne: Thx for the fave. And thank to everyone else who has made this shot a fave.
PictureLady - Arlene (56 months ago | reply)
Will be thinking about you & Angie until this is all over!!!
Stay safe!!
slworking2 (56 months ago | reply)
Arlene: Thanks for your concern. We're safe in our part of town, fortunately. It's sad that so many other people, however, have lost their homes to the fires.
Montara Mike© (56 months ago | reply)
Chilling set of photos. It is amazing to see how much green growth and even some dry grass were left behind unburned and yet the houses disappeared.
slworking2 (56 months ago | reply)
Montara Mike: Thanks man. The fires sure took some interesting paths. I think most of the selective destruction had to do with the directions of the wind. These fires were very unpredictable, as you noted.
tbn97 (56 months ago | reply)
Scary - that brings back some bad memories. Hope everything has settled down now!
slworking2 (55 months ago | reply)
Troy: It's all safe now. I've hear that you people can have some really bad wildfires down there, too.
slworking2 (55 months ago | reply)
bisayan and booboo: Thanks for the favorites.
urbanmom [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)
wow
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slworking2 (55 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 (55 months ago | reply)
n3toa: Thanks for the fave.
slworking2 (53 months ago | reply)
leathergloves: thanks!
gavinvz (51 months ago | reply)
Was it heading for you?
slworking2 (50 months ago | reply)
Gavino: For a while, it was, but fortunately the winds decided to blow it away from my immediate neighborhood.