NOT all fires started downwind of another fire ... which is part of why some are thinking maybe one or more fires were set .... nobody has reported spending much time trying validate this concern ...but hey ...really ...9 big fires in the same day ... never happened before ... and it begs the question because of it.
There were other fires yesterday that got quashed quickly and thus didn't get named since they ended up being kinda small. Like the one adjacent to Interstate 5 that closed northbound traffic for a time. I drove by it today ...not overly large area burned but its right up to the freeway ...
Whether we'll ever know if any were actually set, remains to be seen...but hey there are other places that got little rain just like San Diego Cty and they are hot like SD Cty and they are experiencing Santa Ana winds like SD Cty ....but I don't see them catching fire .....so yeah ... it only makes sense to wonder if someone helped us spend huge money to beat back the flames.
Naturally, having preps and BOBs etc doesn't seem so crazy now that its affecting so many folks.
Unlike fires in past years, this time there are tens of thousands of folks asked to evacuate, some still not back in their homes as also the pwr company hasn't restored pwr that was cut to help mitigate potential spread of fire yesterday...so some still don't have pwr anyway....and its nice and hot ....high 90's or 100's in some places.
So far though ... last I heard only 12 homes burned, 6 damaged and 2 commercial bldgs burned .... but that was a few hrs ago.