Flames were 50 feet up top that ridge which is about 100 feet away. Very scary,” said Bob Ilko, President Of The Scripps ...

SAN DIEGO — As devastating wildfires continue to burn out of control in Los Angeles, many Scripps Ranch residents are watching closely, recalling their own experiences with the catastrophic ...

During his tenure he led strike teams throughout the state and also saw the devastating effects the 2003 Cedar fire and 2007 Witch Creek fire had on the local community, he said. “Those two ...

The Cedar fire of October 2003 previously held the record as the most deadly and destructive wildfire in the region, destroying nearly 2,820 structures and killing 15 people in San Diego County.

When he and his wife left for work one morning in October 2003, they knew of the Cedar Fire. But he said it wasn’t a threat to their area. “Then the fire came through so fast, when I found out ...

Our wildland fires are turning into urban conflagrations. In 2003, I was on the Cedar Fire near San Diego. We lost more than 2,000 homes in that fire. The wildland fire becomes an urban fire ...

2017 Tunnel Fire - 2,900 structures burned in Alameda County, 1991 Cedar Fire - 2,820 structures burned in San Diego County, 2003 North Complex Fire - 2,352 structures burned in Butte, Plumas and ...

“It’s going to be a long recovery for Palisades and for Pasadena, Altadena area, and we’ve been through that in San Diego,” San Diego Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Chris Babler said. The ...