Wildfires at a glance

Some figures and suspected causes for the wildfires that burned across Southern California this week:

Witch Fire

(Poway, Rancho Bernardo, central San Diego County)Acres burned: 197,990

Homes destroyed: 1,061

Injured: 22 firefighters

Dead: 2 civilians

Possible cause: Downed power lines, a witness said.

Harris Fire

(southern San Diego County)

Acres burned: 85,000

Homes destroyed: 155

Injured: 12 firefighters, 21 civilians

Dead: 5 civilians

Possible cause: Unknown

Ranch Fire

(Castaic, Los Angeles County, and Piru, Ventura County)

Acres burned: 58,396

Homes destroyed: 1

Injured: 0

Possible cause: Unknown

Poomacha Fire

(Mt. Palomar, northern San Diego County)

Acres burned: 42,000

Homes destroyed: 60

Injured: 12 firefighters

Cause: A structure fire on La Jolla Indian Reservation set up a brush fire

Santiago Fire

(Orange County)

Acres burned: 27,000

Homes destroyed: 14

Injured: 4 firefighters

Cause: Arson

Buckweed Fire

(Agua Dulce, Santa Clarita, northern Los Angeles County)Acres burned: 38,356

Homes destroyed: 21

Injured: 1 firefighter, 3 civilians

Suspected cause: Downed power lines

Slide Fire

(Running Springs, San Bernardino County)

Acres burned: 13,378

Homes destroyed: 200

Injured: 0

Cause: Unknown

Rice Fire

(Fallbrook, northern San Diego County)

Acres burned: 9,000

Homes destroyed: 206

Injured: 1 firefighter

Cause: "Human-caused," but officials have not said whether they believe it's suspicious or accidental.

Canyon Fire

(Malibu, Los Angeles County)

Acres burned: 4,565

Homes destroyed: 6

Injured: 3 firefighters

Suspected cause: Downed power lines

Magic Fire

(Stevenson Ranch, northern Los Angeles County)

Acres burned: 2,824

Homes destroyed: 0

Injured: 0

Suspected cause: Sparks from welding by construction workers

Grass Valley fire

(Northwest of Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino County)

Acres burned: 1,100

Homes destroyed: 113

Injured: 0

Cause: Unknown

Little Mountain Fire

(San Bernardino)

Acres burned: 650

Homes destroyed: 0

Injured: 0

Cause: Suspicious in nature

Source: Times reporting


 
 
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