Well, we have another wildfire in our local mountains. My only hope, since I live in the Twin Pines area is that we don't have a repeat of the devistating Esperaza Fire from last October.
The fire started today at 12:10pm and is called the "Snow Fire" and is burning in the Snow Creek area in the San Jacinto mountains south of Cabazon and north of Idyllwild. Multiple aircraft are on scene with more on the way diverted from the Zaca fire in the Los Padres National Forest.
Within an hour and a half after the fire started the Incident Commander stated that the fire had consumed 10-15 acres and was threatening old Camp Lackey. Winds were blowing down slope at that time. Approximately 20 minutes later, reports from the air stated that several structures were fully involved. This fire is burning heavy timber at a slow rate of speed.
I've attached a couple pictures that I shot and my office manager shot near our office in Banning this afternoon.
Information gathered and posted by Cheri McRae of Sun Lakes Realty in Banning, CA
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