The Wildfires thread

[Max Rockatansky]

Appears to have stopped at Dirt Mulholland and some established fire roads.  Calfire and the other agencies probably had crews deployed to where they could make a significant stand well in advance of the fire reaching that point.

[bing101]

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/map-where-fires-are-burning-in-san-diego-county/3730092/

More wildfires are reported in San Diego County in this update.

[kernals12]

Appears to have stopped at Dirt Mulholland and some established fire roads.  Calfire and the other agencies probably had crews deployed to where they could make a significant stand well in advance of the fire reaching that point.

And in doing so, they left behind dry vegetation to proliferate and burn another day.

[bing101]

https://www.sbsun.com/2025/01/13/crews-attack-brush-fire-in-the-santa-ana-river-bottom-in-jurupa-valley/

Another wildfire reported in the Jurupa valley.

[kernals12]

Here's some comfort: almost none of the areas of Yellowstone that burned in 1988 have burned since.

[kalvado]

Here's some comfort: almost none of the areas of Yellowstone that burned in 1988 have burned since.

If Yellowstone really start to burn, it would be a bit more than a patch in a patk

[Max Rockatansky]

Appears to have stopped at Dirt Mulholland and some established fire roads.  Calfire and the other agencies probably had crews deployed to where they could make a significant stand well in advance of the fire reaching that point.

And in doing so, they left behind dry vegetation to proliferate and burn another day.

At this point letting the fire burn down to San Fernando Valley is just too high.  Controlled burns ought to be done when resources aren't being pulled to active emergency management.

[kalvado]

Appears to have stopped at Dirt Mulholland and some established fire roads.  Calfire and the other agencies probably had crews deployed to where they could make a significant stand well in advance of the fire reaching that point.

And in doing so, they left behind dry vegetation to proliferate and burn another day.

At this point letting the fire burn down to San Fernando Valley is just too high.  Controlled burns ought to be done when resources aren't being pulled to active emergency management.

But then the burn would die in courts...

[bing101]

Here are the current fire updates in Southern California. 

[bing101]

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-wildfire-hughes-fire-castaic-5-freeway/3612218/

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/brush-fire-ignites-near-castaic/


Another fire is reported in Castaic. 

[kernals12]

The LA Times has high resolution maps showing the fate of almost every building in the Palisades and Eaton fire perimeters. Blue means no damage, orange means destroyed. In the black circle is The Summit, which is a relatively new development, and note how most of the homes survived intact despite being located in a much more precarious position than the ones nearer the coast. Fireproofing works.

And since most of the homes in the Santa Clarita area are similarly new, that bodes well for the Hughes Fire impact.

Edit:

This map showing the ages of every building in LA County further proves my argument. There's a pretty clear pattern with homes built after 1970 being more likely to survive

[bing101]

Here is more on the Castaic fire. 

[bing101]

Another fire around Sepulveda pass.

[bing101]

https://www.foxla.com/news/sepulveda-fire-forward-progress-stopped

Here is an update on the Sepulveda fire.

[bing101]

https://abc7.com/post/southern-california-wildfires-hughes-fire-erupts-5-freeway-castaic-burns-least-500-acres-amid-evacuation-orders/15826507/

Here is an update on the Castaic wildfires.

[hotdogPi]

Very misleading URL — the headline says 10,000 acres.

[kernals12]

The water in Castaic Lake is going to be unusable for a while.

[bing101]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/23/laguna-fire-wildfire-map/77907614007/#


Update there is another fire called the Laguna fire in Ventura County.

[bing101]

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/number-of-people-impacted-by-power-shutoffs-grows-to-at-least-19000/

San Diego Gas and Electric issued shutoffs in the area due to wildfire risks in the county. 

[bing101]

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/evacuations-ordered-after-fire-erupts-in-la-jolla/

A new fire is reported in LA Jolla(San Diego area) and an evacuation has been ordered.

[bing101]

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/otay-mountain-fire-us-mexico-border-chula-vista-san-diego/3733630/

There is another wildfire reported on Otay Mountain in the San Diego area.

[bing101]

Here is the scene from the Border 2 fire in San Diego. 

[wxfree]

Very misleading URL — the headline says 10,000 acres.

Headlines and story text can be changed and updated, but URLs shouldn't change, as that would break the links.  Maybe there should be a policy against using facts subject to change, such as fire size or any other immediate count, in a URL, or but reading them you should understand that they're mostly static and don't change with updated information.

[kernals12]

Here is the scene from the Border 2 fire in San Diego.

Border 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Max Rockatansky]

Border 3:  Border Fire with a vengeance