guest post by mikl-em
A wildfire in the hills of Brisbane, CA threatens homes. There are a lot of close friends of Laughing Squid who live in Brisbane, and we are thinking of them and everyone whose homes are threatened there.
The latest images of the Brisbane fire from Flickr users. Details on the evacuations reported by CBS 5.
There are fires raging throughout California right now, including a 3,500 acre fire in the Napa / Solano county area, most of these were started by lightning strikes.
Cal Fire is the California state department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Here’s a list of current incidents (though I wasn’t able to find the Brisbane fire in this list, I think it’s part of the larger lightining strikes fire). Here’s hoping for low winds and a cool day and thanks to the firefighters who are all working non-stop to keep the damage at a minimum.
UPDATE: Good news! As of 1:30AM Monday the San Bruno fire was 75% contained and all residents were allowed back to their homes.
photo by Adonis Allen
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Fire got pretty close to houses on Trinity Lane & Kings Road. Fire men set a backfire about 1/2 mile long at the ridge back fire road to contain the main fire. It evidently worked. Very exciting.
I called y’all last night, glad to hear all is well.
-k
I have loved ones there, too. Bill and Linda Dettmer. Are you a former resident? You know Brisbane – we might have gone to school together. The family last name is Montenegro.
Linda says it’s still smoldering but they let everyone go home.