San Diego County leaders will gather Wednesday to commemorate the 2003 firestorm, where four concurrent wildfires killed 17 people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of structures.
EL CAJON, Calif. - Local leaders will gather Wednesday to commemorate the 2003 firestorm, where four concurrent wildfires killed 17 people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of structures in San Diego County.
The largest of the fires -- the Cedar -- broke out near Ramona the evening of Oct. 25, probably sparked by a lost hunter's signal fire. The fire destroyed 2,820 buildings -- 2,232 of them homes. A Novato fire captain suffered critical burns in the same incident, and two other firefighters from that Northern California department sustained minor injuries.
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