Fire strikes again

Our region has now suffered through three disastrous region-wide wildfires since 2003. That year, the Cedar and Paradise fires resulted in the deaths of 16 people and destroyed 2,427 homes and businesses. In 2007, the Witch Creek and Harris fires destroyed 1,500 homes and killed nine people. This May, as a result of unseasonable heat and high winds, San Diego County was ravaged by nine separate fires, including the Cocos, Highway, and Tomahawk fires that burned portions of San Marcos, Escondido, Fallbrook and Bonsall.

During the recent firestorms, approximately 65 homes were destroyed; 36 of t...