La Brea Update 8-12
The fire in the San Rafael Wilderness area has now burned over 21,150 acres and is 10% contained. Structures to the North of the fire in Cottonwood Canyon are now under threat and evacuations have been ordered.
There have been 2 minor injuries fighting the fire which has already cost almost $2.7 million.
Currently there are 23 engines, 34 crews, 12 dozers, 5 tankers, 10 helicopters, and 1,277 total personnel assigned to the fire.
Links: The KEYT La Brea Fire article, the Santa Barbara Independent La Brea Fire page, InciWeb La Brea page with a map, and KSBY has videos.
These are semi-permanent links to pages that are updated constantly, or provide specific links to all of the related stories.
4 comments
I think we Santa Barbarians need to have a good supply of marshmallows for toasting over our fires. Throw in some chocolate and graham crackers for good measure.
.-= last blog ..Good Magazine offers up some homework =-.
I could say there’s always room for smore – but I won’t.
But there really IS always room!
.-= last blog ..John Mackay, Whole Foods CEO =-.
I don’t know about the graham cracker. The only cracker I know named Graham makes me a bit queasy. 😈