Monday, October 26, 2015

[californiadisasters] 2006 Esperanza Fire, Monday, 26 October 2015



"2006 Esperanza Fire" reminder
When
Monday, 26 October 2015
08:15 AM to 08:15 AM
(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time - Dublin / Edinburgh / Lisbon / London
Where
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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