Photos by K.C. Alfred / UT San Diego
These photos clearly tell us that these San Diego County wildfires threaten thousands of people. These are not fires in forest lands or in the wilderness, which are of course frightening and awesome. But so many more people are directly affected when wildfires burn the woods a few hundred feet from a subdivision.
Yeah it is unusual that so many fires are in urban areas, typically they’re in the middle of nowhere. That’s probably what’s feeding the arsonist theories. I’m still betting on a cigarette butt for the fire at the checkpoint on I5. A family friend caught some kids smoking behind her house and she rightfully went ballistic on them. Forget illegalities idiotic children, that’s downright DANGEROUS right now! There’s a reason there are signs up and down the roads here shouting “DON’T TOSS YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS YOU MORONS”.
On a side note, that first photo is breath taking.
