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About our Fire
The last weeks of October of
2003 is when our lives changed. There were actually several different
fires happeneing all at once. At some point some of the fires merged
and it's hard to tell which things happened due to which fires but as
far as we can tell here are the overall statistics.
| Size: |
749,319 acres |
| Homes: |
3,577 destroyed |
| Deaths: |
22 |
| Injuries: |
174 |
| Suppression Cost: |
$23,282,000 and counting |
| Evacuees: |
95,600 |
| No Power: |
58,369 |
| Cost: |
$2 billion and counting |
| Personnel: |
12,735 firefighters |
There were three major areas
of destruction. Here is a breakdown by major area.
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Grand
Prix Fire |
Old
Fire |
Mountain
Fire |
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| Size: |
59,448 acres |
91,281 acres |
10,331 acres |
| Homes destroyed: |
135 destroyed, 1 commercial
building, 60 other structures destroyed |
993 homes, 10 commercial
buildings destroyed. |
21 destroyed |
| Deaths: |
0 |
8 |
0 |
| Containment: |
100% - Nov 8, 2003 |
100% - Nov 5, 2003 |
100% - Oct 29, 2003 |
| Start: |
Oct 21 |
Oct 25 |
Oct 26 |
| Cause: |
Arson |
Suspected arson- $110,000
reward |
Under Investigation |
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Verdale Fire |
Piru
Fire |
Simi
Valley |
Padua Fire |
| Size: |
8,680 acres |
63,719 acres |
107,590 acres |
10,446 acres |
| Homes destroyed: |
0 |
1 destroyed 8 damaged |
37 |
0 |
| Deaths: |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Containment: |
100% - Oct 28, 2003 |
100% - Nov 15, 2003 |
100% - Nov 1, 2003 |
100% - Oct 31, 2003 |
| Start: |
Oct 24 |
Oct 25 |
Oct 23 |
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| Cause: |
Under Investigation |
Under Investigation |
Under Investigation |
Under Investigation |
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Camp
Pendleton |
Cedar
Fire |
Otay
Fire |
Paradise
Fire |
| Size: |
8,500 acres |
280,293 acres |
46,291 acres |
56,700 acres |
| Homes destroyed: |
0 destroyed |
2,232 destroyed
22 other buildings |
1 destroyed |
174 destroyed |
| Deaths: |
0 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
| Containment: |
100% - Oct 28, 2003 |
100% - Nov 5, 2003 |
100% - Oct 28, 2003 |
100% - Nov 6, 2003 |
| Start: |
Oct 21 |
Oct 25 |
Oct 26 |
Oct 26 |
| Cause: |
Under Investigation |
Hunter lighting a flare |
Under Investigation |
Under Investigation |
Information gathered from FIREupdate.com
and wildlandfire.com
The California Blue Ribbon
Committe report on the Causes, Response and Recovery of the fires can
be found HERE
(PDF
reader required)
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