October 2007 California Wildfires
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The October 2007 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and over 500,000 acres (2,000 km², or about 770 mi²) of land burned from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.?Mexico border. Nine people died as a direct result of the fires;[8] 85 others were injured, including at least 61 firefighters. The raging fire was visible from space. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven California counties where fires were…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The October 2007 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and over 500,000 acres (2,000 km², or about 770 mi²) of land burned from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.?Mexico border. Nine people died as a direct result of the fires;[8] 85 others were injured, including at least 61 firefighters. The raging fire was visible from space. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven California counties where fires were burning.President George W. Bush concurred, and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts. Over 6,000 firefighters worked to fight the blazes; they were aided by units of the United States Armed Forces, United States National Guard, almost 3,000 prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes,and 60 firefighters from the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Tecate. The fires forcedapproximately 1,000,000 people to evacuate their homes, the largest evacuation in California's history.