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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Calif. wildfire destroys 7 homes, threatens more

Posted on 5:04 AM by Unknown

IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire in mountains west of Palm Springs
burned seven homes and led to the evacuation of dozens more, officials
said.

The blaze destroyed three houses, damaged another and destroyed three
mobile homes, a cabin, a garage and about a half-dozen vehicles, the
U.S. Forest Service said in a statement Tuesday.

The wildfire started Monday between Palm Springs and Hemet, near the
rural Riverside County community of Mountain Center, and a day later
had surged to about 14 square miles.

More than 2,200 firefighters and 25 aircraft had the blaze 10 percent contained.

It was mostly moving east toward the desert and away from small
communities of homes, summer cabins and ranches in the San Jacinto
mountains. But a shift in the wind could easily sweep it back toward
homes, authorities said.

"It's a rapidly changing animal," Forest Service spokesman Lee Beyer said.

Most of the damage occurred late Monday and early Tuesday as the fire
more than doubled in size, but it was not assessed until later in the
day.

"Honestly, we thought that the structure destruction was greater than
it is," Forest Service spokesman John Miller said.

Miller said officials were especially surprised that the Zen Mountain
Center survived, and credited firefighters.

"We really thought it was gone," Miller told the Riverside
Press-Enterprise. "The crews hung on and saved it."

About 50 homes were evacuated along with Camp Ronald McDonald, which
hosts programs for children with cancer and their families.

The fire also led authorities to close a pair of state highways and
the Pacific Crest Trail.

A public pool about 20 miles away in Indio was closed because of ash
falling on the water.

The fire raged in thick brush and trees at an elevation of 5,000 to
7,500 feet, sending flames 100 feet high. Some of the area had not
burned in 35 years and the vegetation was dried out, Beyer said.

"We only had 40 to 50 percent of normal precipitation" over the winter
and no rain at all since early April, he said.
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