San Diego, CA - A quick tour of the local fire damage

Here are some pictures of the fire damage in and around our neighborhood. Our hearts go out to our many neighbors who lost their homes or suffered damage. The home right below us burned down and on two streets just around the corner at least six homes were destroyed.

We were very fortunate to have had mostly landscaping and outside damage. Trees burned, including a tall King Palm two feet from the house, and pool and patio furniture was burned. A welcome mat six inches from a door incinerated and scorched the flagstone but miraculously the fire didn't jump to the wood trellis above or the house.

It was clear from how close the fires came that the firefighters were heroic in their efforts to save the house as all around it burned. Firefighting teams from Sacramento, San Mateo, Palo Alto and other far off California towns came to Rancho Santa Fe to save our community and we are incredibly grateful to them.

More picture to come...