TWO RAPIDLY-GROWING WILDFIRES BROKE OUT this weekend in southern California that will be making news today. Both of them have already caused mandatory evacuations in some communities and are drawing massive resources early on.
The Butler #2 Fire
This fire was first reported at 1:20 pm on Friday afternoon in the Big Bear Lake area of San Bernardino County. This fire literally exploded and consumed 18,000 acres in the first 24 hours. Mandatory evacuations have already been ordered in several localities and multiple residences have already been lost.
The Butler #2 fire is already rated the Number One priority in the nation, which means they get any resources they need immediately. The DC-10 super-tanker was in use yesterday already. So far, they have deployed 600 firefighters, 4 helicopters and 7 planes, including the super-tanker.
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The Los Angeles Times has about 3 minutes of raw aerial video HERE.
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The Angel Fire
This fire started Saturday afternoon near the town of Julian in San Diego County. Several mandatory evacuations were ordered in the immediate area. 500 acres had been consumed by evening time. This fire is also moving fast and demanding of heavy resources.
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San Diego channel 10 photo
Firegeezer will have updates as they come in.
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