Fire chief: Residents must embrace ‘fire environment’
Vista fire Chief Jeff Hahn shared important fire safety tips and information during a July 10 Vista Rotary Club meeting at the Shadowridge Golf Club....
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Solana Beach business helps victims of Lilac fire
SOLANA BEACH — The day after the Lilac fire broke out in Bonsall on Dec. 7, 2017, William Smith watched from his Solana Beach office...
Council applauds official, community response to Lilac Fire
VISTA — Toward the end of the Dec. 12 Vista City Council Meeting, city officials talked about the Lilac fire, which blackened the Bonsall and...
Fast-moving Lilac Fire brings destruction to North County
REGION — Bridgette Conboy said the magnitude of the past week didn’t hit her until yesterday when her 9-year-old grandson made it crystal clear. Conboy...
Fair board lauds staff, volunteers for evacuation efforts
DEL MAR — The 22nd District Agricultural Association, which governs the Del Mar Fairgrounds, praised staff members and the community at the Dec. 12 meeting...
Amid uncertainty, Lilac evacuees welcomed at shelters
OCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOL By Promise Yee The night the recent fires broke out in North County, Oceanside High School opened its doors to serve as...
Officials: Brush-clearing saved hundreds of homes
REGION — Cindy Edge’s Bonsall home is surrounded by charred trees, hillsides and homes — but her Lilac Road home was relatively untouched. Edge said...
Fairgrounds takes in 850 animals displaced by Lilac Fire
DEL MAR — About 850 animals, most of them horses, displaced by the Lilac fire were brought to the Del Mar Fairgrounds beginning around 3...
Officials say Lilac Fire won’t be fully contained until Dec. 21
North County residents continued returning to their homes today as firefighters have reached 90 percent containment on a wildfire that scorched 4,100 acres between Fallbrook...
Updated: Last evacuation orders lifted for Lilac Fire
Santa Ana winds failed to show at the 4,100-acre Lilac Fire overnight, giving firefighters an assist as they etched fire lines around 60 percent of...
Devastation, hope at Rancho Monserate
PALA MESA — John Knapp said that he didn’t know what to expect when he returned to his home near the rear of the Rancho...
Update: Lilac Fire grows to 4,100 acres, could reach the ocean
Two civilians are now being treated for burns suffered in the swift-moving Lilac Fire near Bonsall that has now charred 2,500 acres and has destroyed 20 structures, damaged dozens...
