County Fire Department
Appears in 1 story · Last updated May 25, 2026
As of May 2026: Incident command on the Sandy Fire
A sailor crashed his boat on Santa Rosa Island ten days before Memorial Day and fired a flare gun for help; the flare lit the brush. By May 25, the fire had burned roughly 14,520 acres on one of the Channel Islands — the largest blaze ever recorded there.
Updated May 25
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