The Sand Fire (Santa Clarita July 2016)
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The Sand Fire (Santa Clarita July 2016)
The Sand Fire started on Friday, July 22, 2016.
It was first reported at 2 PM.
As of Saturday, it is 10% contained.
The fire has largely burned in areas without many homes, but winds are expected to shift Saturday afternoon from the northwest to the southwest, which could drive the blaze closer to the Sand Canyon neighborhood in the city of Santa Clarita, California.
The fire’s rapid growth has been fueled by excessive heat, low humidity, extreme dry fuels that have not burned for several decades, and very rugged terrain.
Size and
Evacuations have been taking place since Saturday, July 23rd.
More than 11,000 acres have been scorched.
[4]By Sunday, July 24th more than 20,000 acres have been burnt and 25,000 homes are projected to be destroyed.
References
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Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comAn aerial photo shared on Facebook by Everipedia editor Konstantine Nikka-Sher Piterman.
Jul 24, 2016, 12:13 AM
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Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comAn image posted from www.KTLA.com
Jul 24, 2016, 2:01 AM
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Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comAn photo posted by www.DailyNews.com regarding the fire.At this point, 22.3 squared km had been scorched.
Jul 24, 2016, 1:52 AM
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Citation Linklatimes.comLink on the Los Angeles Timesabout the current state of the fire the afternoon of Saturday, July 23rd.
Jul 23, 2016, 11:15 PM
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Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comAn image of a firefighter before a giant wall of flame.
Jul 24, 2016, 2:07 AM
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Citation Linktwitter.comThis twitter search query yields some of the trending images and tweets about this firestorm.
Jul 24, 2016, 12:16 AM
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Citation Linkprojects.scpr.orgAn impressive.gif with the projection of the fire's spread.
Jul 24, 2016, 1:59 AM
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Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comA picture posted on Twitter from Pasadena, California claiming that the air smelt like campfires.
Jul 24, 2016, 12:23 AM