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Grieving family, friends and colleagues gathered at a Liberty Station church on Saturday to salute and say goodbye to a firefighter from Escondido who died facing down the Thomas fire, the largest wildfire in California history. The private late-morning service at The Rock Church honored the memory and sacrifice of Cal Fire engineer Cory Iverson, […]
The Cedar Fire began the evening of Oct. 25, 2003, and was initially reported to be 20 acres. By dawn the morning of Oct. 26, Santa Ana winds pushed flames at a rate of 3,600 acres an hour.
San Diego County leaders will gather Wednesday to commemorate the 2003 firestorm, where four concurrent wildfires killed 17 people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of structures.
There’s already a homeless camping ban in place in the cities of San Diego and Poway, and now, San Diego County is moving forward with a similar ban. In other news, 20 years ago today, a lost hunter in East San Diego County lit a small campfire that became one of the biggest wildfires in California history. Residents and firefighters look back at the Cedar Fire and the lessons it taught us. Plus, how an organization in Oceanside is striving to increase literacy in the county.
On Oct. 25, 2003, the Cedar Fire roared through San Diego County, killing 15 people and destroying more than 2,800 homes and businesses. The tragedy led to significant reforms in firefighting and building codes.