Wildfire Resources and Statistics

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com Helpful resources: •  The "Live Big Bear Scanner" has a live feed of radio transmissions by rescue workers. •  This site has a list of incidents based on scanner traffic. •  The state has a list that includes detailed information about each fire. •  USA TODAY published an interactive graphic that explains how the fires are moving across the state. •  KPBS News has a live audio feed of its reports and a Twitter feed with the latest news about the fires. (You can find a list of other Twitter feeds here.) •  This Google Map has a visual representation of the fires and efforts to contain them. •  This state map includes annotations next to each of the fires. Here are the latests statistics, according to the L.A. Times: • 420,424 acres or 656 square miles burned • 1,155 homes destroyed • 881,500 people evacuated • 1 person killed (five other deaths linked to the fires)

Wildfire Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

Words could never convey the true devastation.

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It looked like the end of the world

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com "It was nuclear winter. It was like Armageddon. It looked like the end of the world." How many homes did he and his crew see burn? "I lost count," he said. North of San Diego, in Orange County, fire crews are trying desperately to keep the Santiago fire from consuming hundreds, possibly thousands, of homes in Foothill Ranch (photo). The Los Angeles Times has a dramatic photo of a dozen firefighters who were trapped temporarily on a burning ridge. They escaped unharmed. The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has details, though the site says it is experiencing "technical difficulties."

Watch Wildfires Devour Homes

clipped from edition.cnn.com Monday evening, Schwarzenegger asked U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to order delivery of all available Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) to help fight the fires. Watch fires devour homes and land » According to the White House, the federal Agriculture Department will provide fire crews, air tankers and helicopters to fight the fires, and the state will receive assistance grants to help pay firefighting costs. See where fires burn across Southern California »

265,000 flee massive wildfires

clipped from edition.cnn.com Fire officials said more than 265,000 people have been evacuated and nearly 4,900 firefighters are battling the fast-moving blazes, which began over the weekend. By Monday afternoon, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention had reported 13 active wildfires have consumed more than 98,000 acres and destroyed or damaged at least 50 homes and businesses across six counties. Monday evening, Schwarzenegger asked U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to order delivery of all available Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) to help fight the fires. Watch fires devour homes and land » This photograph, taken from space Monday afternoon shows smoke rising from the wildfires in Southern California.

Santa Ana Winds and Deadly Wildfires

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com The San Diego Union-Tribune has a breaking-news blog with the latest on the fires. Less than an hour ago, the paper reported that one of the fires jumped a highway and is heading toward Ranco San Pasqual, prompting officials to order the immediate evacuation of that area. USA TODAY's weather section has a wire story with the latest from Malibu. YouTube has amateur video of the fires.  These maps have the latest on the fires and the local response: