Friday, October 26, 2012

[californiadisasters] 2006 Esperanza Fire, 10/26/2012, 1:15 am



Reminder from:   californiadisasters Yahoo! Group
 
Title:   2006 Esperanza Fire
 
Date:   Friday October 26, 2012
Time:   1:15 am - 1:15 am
Location:   Riverside County/San Bernadino NF
Notes:   In the wee hours of this morning in 2006 an arsonist's fire began near Cabazon and strong Santa Ana Winds fanned it southward through 41,173 acres of wildland where a few hours into the incident it overwhelmed and wiped out an entire 5-person USFS engine company based on the San Bernardino NF (Engine 57) which at the time was conducting structure protection for an isolated compound located at the head of a drainage up which the fire rapidly burned through.
Ultimately, the fire consumed 34 homes and 20 outbuildings.
 
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