Wildfire — San Bernardino County Mountains, California

2009-10-03 to 2009-10-10 · San Bernardino County Mountains, California

Wider weather episode

The Sheep Fire started along Sheep Creek Road near Lytle Creek around 1311 PST on October 3rd. The fire spread rapidly towards Wrightwood, scorching a total of 7,128 acres before being contained on October 10th. The fire forced approximately 5,000 residents to evacuate and destroyed one residence, four other structures, five cars, four RVs, and 2 pieces of heavy equipment. Eight firefighters were injured. The fire cost over eight million dollars to fight. Investigators say the fire was started by a human, but it is still unclear whether it was intentional or not.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 200087. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.