As wildfires tear through Los Angeles, the images of devastation are all too familiar to many across San Diego County ... they knew of the Cedar Fire. But he said it wasn’t a threat to their ...

and we’ve been through that in San Diego,” San Diego Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Chris Babler said. The Cedar Fire in 2003 was also fueled by the Santa Ana winds. It burned 280,000 acres and ...

SAN DIEGO — As devastating wildfires continue ... recalling their own experiences with the catastrophic Cedar Fire more than two decades ago. The Cedar Fire, which began on the evening of ...

Both Pascua and Kremensky said the fires reminded them of previous ones in San Diego — particularly the Cedar Fire in 2003 which burned more than 270,000 acres, and the Witch Creek Fire in 2007 ...

"It's black and white... how do I process this?" As a veteran law enforcement officer who responded to San Diego's Cedar Fire in 2003 and the Witch Creek Fire in 2007, Takeuchi understands the ...

The chimney was all that was left standing of his Lakeside house after the 2003 Cedar Fire tore through his neighborhood and other parts of San Diego. “The thing I remember most is the smell ...

Much of San Diego is. That means no wooden fences ... With the homes lost in the Cedar Fire still in the back of his mind… “In my development, 32 out of 135 burned down.

Here to share a personal perspective is Sandra Younger. She lost her home in the 2003 Cedar Fire in San Diego County. That fire killed 15 people and destroyed more than 2200 homes. At that time ...