Rice Fire

Rice Fire
Location Rice Creek, Fallbrook, California
Statistics[1]
Cost $6.5 million
Date(s) October 22, 2007 (2007-10-22) – November 5, 2007 (2007-11-05)
Burned area 9,472 acres (38 km2)
Buildings
destroyed
  • 206 residential structures
  • 2 commercial properties
  • 40 outbuildings
Injuries 5 firefighters

The Rice Fire was a wildfire that burned from 22 October 2007 until 5 November 2007 in Fallbrook, California.[1] While not one of the largest fires of the 2007 California wildfire season, only burning 9,472 acres (38 km2), it was one of the most destructive with 248 structures being destroyed.[2]

As the fire grew, it caused major evacuations and the closure of Interstate 15.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rice Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Large Fires 2007" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fallbrook being re-evacuated". SignOnSanDiego.com. San Diego Union Tribune. October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
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