Friday, October 16, 2015

[californiadisasters] 1999 Jones Fire, Friday, 16 October 2015



"1999 Jones Fire" reminder
When
Friday, 16 October 2015
11:00 AM to 11:00 AM
(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time - Dublin / Edinburgh / Lisbon / London
Where
East side of Redding - Shasta County
Notes
At about 3 A.M. Oct. 16, 1999 a campfire near the Pit River Arm of Lake Shasta whipped by Diablo Winds spread to surrounding brush and raged over the hills to the south towards the Redding area and didn't stop until it had reached an area South of the Redding Airport. This fire named the Jones Incident burned 26,202 acres, 954 structures which included 174 homes and contributed to the death of one firefighter.
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