Flames were 50 feet up top that ridge which is about 100 feet away. Very scary,” said Bob Ilko, President Of The Scripps Ranch Civic Association.

Former San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman, who was in charge back during the Cedar Fire of 2003, said San Diegans need to ...

The fires burning in Los Angeles are fueled by the Santa Ana winds, and as the winds are forecasted to continue to blow through San Diego County, some San Diegans are on edge.

Survivors of the West and Cedar fires share their experience of loss and recovery as destructive fires continue burning ...

As wildfires tear through Los Angeles, the images of devastation are all too familiar to many across San Diego County, bringing back memories of destructive blazes in the past – and the long, ...

(AP Photo/Kevin Rice) The Cedar Fire destroyed 2,820 structures in the San Deigo area in October 2003. The blaze was started by a lost hunter who lit a fire to signal for help, according to the ...

That makes it the fifth deadliest wildfire in state history, leaping over three fires that each caused 15 deaths -- the Rattlesnake Fire of 1953 in Northern California, the 2003 Cedar Fire in San ...

Here to share a personal perspective is Sandra Younger. She lost her home in the 2003 Cedar Fire in San Diego County. That fire killed 15 people and destroyed more than 2200 homes. At that time ...