2003 Grand Prix Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Cajon Pass & San Gabriel Mountains - Los Angeles & San Bernardino Counties
Description:
Around 2 p.m. on October 21, 2003, a fire erupted in Coyote Canyon, near a construction site in the Hunter’s Ridge neighborhood, just outside of Fontana, in San Bernardino County. Named after a street where it was first identified, the Grand Prix Fire consumed 2,500 acres in its first day. Federal and State fire investigators have concluded that the fire was probably accidental, caused by a spark from an off-road vehicle or discarded cigarette. As the fire snaked into the San Bernardino National Forest, a USFS Incident Management Team took over command of firefighting operations, joining CDF and local firefighting personnel, hundreds of engines and aircraft, and four “hot-shot” crews from Oregon, Nevada, Virginia and the Navajo Nation. DHS-FEMA provided an FMAGP declaration for the Grand Prix Fire on October 23, 2003. Driven by the Santa Ana Winds, the Grand Prix Fire met the Old Fire to the East, and the Padua Fire to the West by October 26, 2003, covering over 52,000 acres, destroying 60 homes, and prompting 5,000 residents to evacuate the area as the fire marched through Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Claremont and La Verne. The Grand Prix Fire was fully contained on November 8, 2003, after charring 66,894 acres, causing one death and 35 injuries, destroying 255 structures, 194 of them homes. This fire cost $11.6 million to fight.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_wildfires
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/draft_cfcg_report_0204.pdf
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