One year ago today, the Buckweed fire raced through the Santa Clarita area. I began the day watching football with friends and ended it taking pictures like the one below:
If memory serves the fire was started by a 10 year old boy playing with matches on a very windy day. Those matches ended up burning close to 40,000 acres, 15 homes, 17 outbuildings and 40 vehicles. A total of 15,000 residents were evacuated over the course of two days (myself included - although I didn't actually leave but did send the family on their way once open flames were visible directly across the street).
See more images here.
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