CA - Wind-Driven Thomas Fire Explodes to 31,000 Acres; 150 Structures Destroyed, 2017

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  • #441
Still in awe here ... just so unbelievable

http://abc7.com/thomas-fire-3rd-largest-in-ca-history;-cost-at-$1102m/2788468/
Short video from the update at 11:30 last night.
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[FONT=&quot]The winds have also shifted, and smoke from the fire is moving down into Simi Valley and the San Fernando Valley. Meantime, a red flag warning issued Saturday morning will be in effect for several Southern California areas until at least Sunday at 8 p.m.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]...areas of concern above the coastal Santa Barbara County communities of Matilija Wilderness, Rose Valley, and Sespe river drainage north of Fillmore.[/FONT]
 
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FindHG said:
Wind, Fire and Threat to homes continues...

https://www.independent.com/news/2017/dec/16/thomas-fire-wakes-saturday-morning/

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html

http://ktla.com/2017/12/16/powerful...s-2-deaths-are-linked-to-massive-socal-blaze/

Lilac Fire 100% Contained
https://patch.com/california/san-diego/9-day-old-lilac-fire-now-100-contained

3rd largest fire
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weat...f-california-firestorms-this-weekend/70003572



Costs:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nat...fter-Blaze-Scorched-256K-Acres-464585913.html

http://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/42377543

Thomas Fire evacuees return home: 'We are so lucky, it came so close'
KSBY
Dec 16, 2017 8:11 AM EST
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Good to see the Lilac Fire has been 100% contained at least...
 
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Man, 2017, what a year for Mother Nature's wrath....
 
  • #447
"(CNN)Jeannette Frescas was not concerned about the Thomas Fire until the massive blaze inched toward her neighborhood in Southern California.

"At midnight, I woke up with flashlight in my face," Frescas told CNN affiliate KEYT. "I looked out my window and there were flames that were about a 100 feet all around us."

Like many residents, Frescas was caught off guard by the fire that has roared through Southern California for 13 days. She's one of tens of thousands of residents who piled into cars and fled as ferocious winds drove the third-largest blaze in the state toward Ventura and Santa Barbara counties."

California fire: Resident says neighborhood looks like 'war zone'
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/us/california-fires/index.html
 
  • #448
"The fire is so massive, more than 8,400 firefighters are working around the clock to save lives and contain it. It's bigger than New York City , and has left neighborhoods in piles of soot and concrete as it rapidly moves through the area."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/us/california-fires/index.html
 
  • #449
"Latest developments

•*Cause of death: Firefighter Cory David Iverson, 32, died of "thermal injuries and smoke inhalation," according to autopsy results from the Ventura County medical examiner's office. Iverson lost his life battling the Thomas Fire on Thursday. A total of two people have been killed since the fire started.

• Hefty price tag: About $110 million has been spent fighting the massive blaze, fire officials said. It was 40% contained Saturday night.

•*Can't catch a break: Firefighters are up for a challenging day Sunday as high winds are expected to fan the flames. Red-flag warnings are in effect for a large swathe of Southern California through late Sunday, with wind gusts of up to 55 mph expected overnight, according to CNN meteorologist Gene Norman.

• So many firefighters: The Thomas Fire is so massive, more than 8,400 firefighters are working around the clock to save lives and contain it.

• Moving up the record: The blaze has charred 267,500 acres, and is now the third-largest wildfire in modern California history."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/us/california-fires/index.html
 
  • #450
mistivon said:
oh god it's so bad. new fire in Los Alamos. preparing to evac the SB zoo. heading that way now. I'll ck in later but its just constant n getting worse. so much smoke hope everyone is safe
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LaborDayRN said:
Oh no! That's one of my favorite zoos! (speaking as the mother of a zoo keeper / educator. I've been to a lot of zoos!) I hope they get all the animals and staff out safely! This fire is a nightmare!
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"Santa Barbara Zoo closed Saturday and many animals were placed into cages in case of possible evacuations, zoo officials said.

Only the endangered California condors and griffon vultures were taken to the Los Angeles Zoo, according to officials. The zoo had kept most animals indoors, away from smoke."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/us/california-fires/index.html

(Reminded of NorCal when all the flamingos were in the bathroom...you guys remember that?)
 
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Wonderful firefighters:

Meanwhile, residents who had evacuated their homes in Ventura County -- where the fire began-- were allowed to return Saturday. Jim Holden considers himself lucky that firefighters saved his home and items.

""They put a water screen between my house and the house next door that was burning in an attempt to save it, but they didn't think they were going to be successful," he told CNN affiliate KABC. "They broke in and they saved my family photos and my computer, and things that they thought would be important to me.""

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/us/california-fires/index.html
 
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Margarita! Good to see you here again. :tyou: for the update.

Anyone heard from IQ?

My god, just when I think it can't go on any longer, another fire somewhere else gets worse or starts up.
 
  • #456
"Despite the new evacuation orders, there was a spot of good news down the coast. Emergency officials announced evacuation orders for the city of Ventura were lifted, as the fire has shifted.

As the northerly "sundowner" wind was driving the fire south and west, firefighters could only hope it would calm down.

"When the sundowners surface in that area and the fire starts running down slopes, you are not going to stop it," Mark Brown, of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told a news conference. "And we are not going to stand in front of it and put firefighters in untenable situations.""

Southern California's Thomas Fire forces new evacuations, threatens wealthy enclave
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/1...ew-evacuations-threatens-wealthy-enclave.html
 
  • #457
(Firefighters are soooo hot!)
 
  • #458
'Monster' California fire bears down on Santa Barbara
http://abcnews.go.com/US/monster-california-fire-bears-santa-barbara/story?id=51843666

"Bone-dry conditions during December with virtually no rain together with shifty Santa Ana winds that hiked up to 65 mph on Saturday, and lush vegetation blanketing the hills has made it tough to put the Thomas Fire out.

The Office of Emergency Services renewed calls for evacuations to those living in the coastal community of Montecito where Oprah Winfrey amongst other luminaries have homes.

On Saturday and overnight the department issued repeated warnings to anybody living in various hotspots or in the path of the flames to "be prepared to leave.""

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