WITCH FIRE SAN DIEGO

***UPDATE*** 10-24-07
Residents of our community were allowed to return to their homes today. Thankfully most of us here in 4s have been spared!

In the video, you see the fire go right up to the wall of the firestation..and it stopped there. All the homes off Four Gee Road were untouched.

I will post a video update sometime tomorrow of our neighborhood. Check back soon...

http://cbs8.com
http://sandiego.gov
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This is filmed at my home in 4s Ranch, a suburb of Rancho Bernardo.

All 36,000 residents of Ramona have been ordered to evacuate because of a wind-driven brush fire.
So far it has burned at least 5,000 acres.
Evacuees ae being asked to go to Mira Mesa High School, 10510 Reagan Road or Escondido High School, 1535 N. Broadway, according to the American Red Cross.
The shelter at Poway High School has been closed.
Highway 78 in the area of the fire was closed, as was Old Julian Highway between Ramona and Santa Ysabel.
Highway 79, north of the reservation, was also closed and traffic was
being re-routed to Highway 76.
The Witch fire is one of two in San Diego County and seven in Southern California, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency for San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Another wind-fueled brush fire in rural southern San Diego County that has grown to 14,000 acres killed one person today and injured 17 others, including four firefighters hospitalized in serious condition.

This footage is in front of my home. You will see a firestation right across the street as well as a field to the right of it. The fire completely takes over the field and starts towards the firestation.

More info at http://www.cbs8.com

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[scotty989105]

whoa I hope nobody was harmed if I lived there i would do everything I could to help you guys.

[sfspop]

hope you guys are alright, God bless

[anthonypalladeno]

BRRR! Don't even know why I clicked on this. I remember this... Wow flashbacks.

[crazyboy8833]

this was crazy, i was almost evacuated from my house in the very first fire..when it reached us, it was the tail end...i was scared mann....

[jshsrb]

man my house bured down but know it rebuilt

[ThrashEmerica]

i was really sad for people who lost their homes...but it finished just in time for my birthday

[sdchambers89]

holy crap this was a living hell. i went outside (house in 4s ranch) and the sky was all red and the winds were 65 MPH. i was in the car with all our stuff and the car almost tipped over cuz of the winds.

[AyeITSgio]

i remember fireweek in lovely our lovely san diego

[showmeyotittays]

I live in the Escondido/San Marcos area so the skies here were only dark grayish at the very most. It was so eerie...every place was closed and nobody was out so all of San Diego was like a ghost town.

[jashdbfkabdskg]

dude how come u didnt leave?!?! ere i was it looked like doomsday haha

[rsoto33]

i remember that i lived in Spring(Sprung Valley)Valley.Me and the Fam was moving out of SD through all that damn smoke. they had the 5 and the 15 CLOSED. it was so damn hard to get out, but we made it safe and sound all the way to Montana. Yep BIG SKY COUNTRY!!

[Klushys]

I was freaked out when i had to evacuate from my house. =(