"All Hell Broke Loose" Jesusita Fire Rages into Day Four in SB

by Patrick Price Photographer | May 8, 2009 at 11:47 am
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"LAST NIGHT, ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE" - ANDREW DIMIZIO, SANTA BARBARA CITY FIRE DEPT.
3,500 ACRES BURNED
10% CONTAINED
3,500 AND 100 COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES THREATENED
75 RESIDENCES DESTROYED
246 ENGINES
12 FIXED WING PLANES (INCLUNDING DC-10) ,15 HELICOPTERS, AND 2500 PERSONNEL
MORE THAN 20,000 UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION
MORE THAN 16,000 UNDER EVACUATION WARNING
COST: $2.6 MILLION
CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION 
WINDS PUSHING THE FIRE TO THE EAST, WHILE WESTERN FLANK IS MOVING WESTWARD.

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Jarrett Martineau

Thanks for this, great photos.

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Patrick Price Photographer

I'm back I guess....

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