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| title = Rice Fire
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| cost = $6.5 million
| injuries = 5 firefighters
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| reference = <ref name=cdf>{{cite web|title=Rice Fire|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=233|website=[[CAL FIRE]]|accessdate=23 August 2015}}</ref>
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| date = {{Start date|2007|10|22}} – {{End date|2007|11|5}}
| location = Rice Creek, [[Fallbrook, California|Fallbrook]], [[California]]
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| area = {{convert|9,472|acre|km2|0}}
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| buildings = {{ubl|206 residential structures|2 commercial properties|40 outbuildings}}
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The '''Rice Fire''' was a [[wildfire]] that burned from 22 October 2007 until 5 November 2007 in [[Fallbrook, California|Fallbrook]], [[California]].<ref name=cdf/> While not one of the largest fires of the [[2007 California wildfires|2007 California wildfire season]], only burning {{convert|9,472|acre|km2|0}}, it was one of the most destructive with 248 structures being destroyed.<ref name=large-fires>{{cite web|title=Large Fires 2007|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_167.pdf.pdf|website=[[CAL FIRE]]|accessdate=21 August 2015}}</ref>

As the fire grew, it caused major evacuations and the closure of [[Interstate 15]].<ref name="CalFire"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://sosdfireblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/fallbrook-being-re-evacuated.html | title=Fallbrook being re-evacuated |work=SignOnSanDiego.com | publisher=San Diego Union Tribune | date=October 23, 2007 | accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref>

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==External Link==
* [http://interwork.sdsu.edu/fire/resources/documents/RiceFireMap.pdf OES Fire Map]
==References==
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[[Category:2007 California wildfires]]
[[Category:2007 California wildfires]]
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Revision as of 19:48, 28 August 2015

Rice Fire
Date(s)October 22, 2007 (2007-10-22) – November 5, 2007 (2007-11-05)
StandortRice Creek, Fallbrook, California
Statistics[1]
Burned area9,472 acres (38 km2)
Impacts
Non-fatal injuries5 firefighters
Structures destroyed
  • 206 residential structures
  • 2 commercial properties
  • 40 outbuildings
Damage$6.5 million

The Rice Fire was a wildfire that burned from 22 October 2007 until 5 November 2007 in Fallbrook, California.[1] While not one of the largest fires of the 2007 California wildfire season, only burning 9,472 acres (38 km2), it was one of the most destructive with 248 structures being destroyed.[2]

As the fire grew, it caused major evacuations and the closure of Interstate 15.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rice Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Large Fires 2007" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CalFire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Fallbrook being re-evacuated". SignOnSanDiego.com. San Diego Union Tribune. October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
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