[CaliforniaDisasters] Updated Event: 1994 Highway 41 Fire Anniversary - Wednesday, 14 August 2019 #cal-invite

1994 Highway 41 Fire Anniversary

When:
Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Where:
Santa Lucia Mountains - San Luis Obispo County

Description:

Flames from the Highway 41 Fire burn along the Santa Lucia Range behind the California Men’s Colony the night of Aug. 15, 1994. The fire crossed Cuesta Grade and threatened CMC. David Middlecamp DMIDDLECAMP@THETRIBUNENEWS.COM

The Highway 41 Fire burned 49,000 acres and destroyed 42 homes, 61 other structures and 91 vehicles in August 1994, the worst of the damage occurring in Tassajara Canyon. It started in the afternoon of a particularly hot day on Sunday, August 14, 1994, along Highway 41 near Cerro Alto Campground in the coastal mountains, threatening Morro Bay until the winds shifted it in the direction of Atascadero and Santa Margarita. It jumped Highway 101 from just south of Santa Barbara Road in south Atascadero to the southern bottom of the Cuesta Grade just outside San Luis Obispo and itburned all around the town of Santa Margarita.

Source: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article189260279.html and others sources

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