Saturday, October 12, 2019

[CaliforniaDisasters] Upcoming Event: 2008 Sesnon Fire Anniversary - Sun, 10/13/2019 #cal-reminder

Reminder: 2008 Sesnon Fire Anniversary

When: Sunday, 13 October 2019

Where:Santa Susana Mountains - Los Angeles & Ventura Counties

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Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes

Description: The Sesnon Fire (also known as the Porter Ranch Fire) was a wildfire that broke out near the oil fields of Oat Mountain, north of Porter Ranch, California, on Monday October 13, 2008. The cause of this fire was a power line falling onto dry brush near a drainage area. A state of emergency was declared by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 13 in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties The fire burned more than 22 square miles (57 km2) and cost US$7.9 million to fight. This fire occurred with two others, one in San Diego County and another at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley. One person lost their life due to the low visibility on highways because of the smoke from the fire.

The Porter Ranch (Sesnon) fires sent shock waves through the southern California area, raging out of control and burning thousands of acres each day it kept burning. The governor of California as well as nbclosangeles.com reported that 62 buildings were destroyed in the fire, including 15 homes and nbclosaneles.com reported that 41 vehicles were destroyed. More importantly, there was one fatality due to fire on the 118 freeway, and 30 firefighters were injured during the course of trying to contain and extinguish the fire.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesnon_Fire

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