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Liberty Belle

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5. We have many updates on these fires at our site: www.EastCountyMagazine.org and free wildfire alerts

Thu May 15, 2014, 04:26 AM

May 2014

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As of midnight, over 9,000 acres have burned and emergency evacuation or prepare-to-evacuate notices have gone out to 121,000, the County reports. The Lakeside fire is out, 17 acres, no homes lost. Homes have been lost in the Poinsettia Fire. Over 6,000 acres on Camp Pendleton have burned. The San Marcos Fire is also a very dangerous fire and resources are getting spread thin with so many.

The Governor has declared San Diego County a disaster area. Santa Ana winds are predicted to continue through at least tomorrow.

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San Diego: Major fires burn homes, force evacuations [View all] aggiesal May 2014 OP

The fires are in Issa & Hunter, Jr's Congressional districts stuffmatters May 2014 #1

Actually they are in ... aggiesal May 2014 #3

Thanks, I'm not sure of the boundaries either stuffmatters May 2014 #4

A couple of days ago there were smaller fires in Vargas' district too Liberty Belle May 2014 #6

I hope you stay safe - with the smoke and all, it can be plenty frightening tomm2thumbs May 2014 #2

We have many updates on these fires at our site: www.EastCountyMagazine.org and free wildfire alerts Liberty Belle May 2014 #5

This sucks. This is so preventable. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #7

Yea, I think the county supervisors ... aggiesal May 2014 #8

I don't doubt it. They 'starve the beast' at every level. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #9