Firestorm - Governor declares state of emergency in 7 counties, quarter-million people urged to flee in Southland
Published Saturday, September 13, 2008 by brody85914 | E-mail this post
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.At least one person was killed and dozens were injured. More than 600 homes burned, about 130 in one mountain area alone, and thousands of other buildings were threatened by more than a dozen blazes covering at least 520 square miles."The sky was just red. Everywhere I looked was red, glowing. Law enforcement came barreling in with police cars with loudspeakers telling everyone to get out now," said Ronnie Leigh, 55, who fled her mobile home in northern Los Angeles County as smoke darkened the sky over the nearby ridge line. .
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