HOUSE TO HOUSE ON PALOMAR

This is a report I was sent. I can't vouch for its authenticity, but it sounds in line with what I have been hearing from other sources. This battle is up near my cabin, so my fingers are crossed!


"Firefighters are waging a house-to-house battle on top of Palomar Mountain to save structures on Crestline Drive, where most of its residents live.
As flames approach houses and cabins, fire crew rush in to put them out. Wind conditions are moderate now, and so far the strategy has succeeded in preventing a major property damage. Fire officials, however, say increased winds would make the effort impossible.
Palomar has about 300 permanent and temporary residences.
Fires are also burning in Palomar State Park, a popular campground, although the extend of the damage there was uncertain. South Grade Road, one of two routes up the mountain, is littered with downed and still-burning trees and branches.
Several homes have been destroyed near the bottom of South Grade, where the fire began climbing the mountain yesterday afternoon. The flames on the mountain are from the Poomacha fire, which began as a house fire on the La Jolla Indian reservation."

-- J. Harry Jones