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The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the San Diego County wildfires. [35] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million, [36] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which allows for further investigation ...
By mid-May, fire officials said they had already dealt with 1,400 wildfires in California in 2014 - twice the normal amount for that time of year - and a spokesman for CAL FIRE described the conditions as "unprecedented." [8] The May 2014 San Diego County wildfires were estimated to have caused at least $60 million (2014 USD) in damage. [4]
Cocos Fire, originally known as the Twin Oaks Fire, [3] was a wildfire that ignited on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos, California, in the hills south of California State University, San Marcos. [4] The Cocos Fire quickly spread into western Escondido. The fire destroyed more than 40 buildings, including a dozen single-family homes. [5]
By Elliot Spagat and Julie Watson May. 15, 2014 5:34 AM EDT SAN MARCOS, Calif. (AP) - Tuzo Jerger was one of thousands told to evacuate as a wildfire ripped across Carlsbad, a suburb north of San ...
By Julie Watson and Elliot Spagat SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 57-year-old man was charged with arson Friday in one of at least 10 wildfires that erupted in Southern California this week, and investigators ...
An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Palisades Fire — the largest wildfire in the region — has burned more than ...
The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the May 2014 San Diego County wildfires. [4] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million, [3] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which allows for further ...
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...