More Fires Rage in Southern California

Residents are finally being allowed to go home late tonight after fires began again in Southern California today around 3 a.m. near Malibu. Fires consumed more than 4600+ acres by Saturday evening. More than 10,000 people had to flee from their homes as the flames quickly spread.

Unpredictable Santa Ana winds blowing from the west made fighting the fires even more difficult for the 1700 firefighters called to service.

Governor Schwarzenegger reactivated a state of emergency "so no time is wasted in providing any needed resources to fight these fires or help those Californians who have been impacted."

The fire started off a dirt road in the Corral Canyon area according to Los Angeles County Fire Chief Michael Freeman. Investigators are looking at arson or a downed power line as the culprit.

Reports are conflicting with either 30 to 50+ homes destroyed and approximately 20 others damaged. There are no reports of injuries or deaths.

Thank goodness no one is hurt... The poor people of So. California have had to endure a lot these past few weeks with all those fires and uncertainty. I can't believe it's become a blog item... Keep them in your prayers.

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Fires in Southern California

Multiple arsons? Different people? Different motives? In the same area? At the same time??

We learn earlier today that a "male juvenile" may have confessed to starting one of the fires in Southern California with a book of matches.

We also hear that authorities are looking for a white truck in connection with another fire in the region.

But did you hear the one that I found on a random search posted anonymously:

Blackwater wants to build an 824-acre training facility three miles north of Potrero. But Potrero's oft-stated community goal is to "maintain the existing rural lifestyle by continuing the existing pattern of residential and agricultural uses on large 40-acre lots" alongside "generally undeveloped meadows, open spaces, and hillsides."

Guess where that San Diego wildfire started...?

Hmmm... What do you think?

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