Californian+WildfiresAP

WILDFIRES The series of wildfires that burned across Southern California started on October 20th, 2007 and burned over 1,500 homes and 500,000 acres of land. 85 people were injured and 9 people died. 7 counties in California went into a "state of emergency" ordered by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are a couple different things that they think started the fires such as; damaged powerlines. A 10 year old boy admitted that he was playing with matches and set off a fire. Another man was shot and killed for deliberatley starting a fire. Also, a semi truck had been overturned and caught on fire.