Old Fire

Old Fire
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The Old Fire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains, viewed from Strawberry Peak
Date(s)
  • October 25, 2003 (2003-10-25) –
  • November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
  • (9 days)
LocationSan Bernardino Mountains, California, U.S.
Coordinates34°12′N 117°17′W / 34.20°N 117.28°W / 34.20; -117.28
Statistics[1]
Burned area91,281 acres (369 km2)
Impacts
Deaths6
Structures destroyed975
Damage$1.2 billion (2003 USD)[2][3]
Ignition
CauseArson
Perpetrator(s)Rickie Lee Fowler
Map
Old Fire is located in southern California
Old Fire

The Old Fire was a large complex wildfire that started on October 25, 2003 (the original Old Fire began on October 25), near Old Waterman Canyon Road and California State Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California, United States. The Old Fire caused at least $1.2 billion in damages.[2][3]

The Old Fire was one of 15 wildfires throughout Southern California that month, which became known as the "2003 Firestorm" and the "Fire Siege of 2003."[4] This included the huge Cedar Fire, what was then the second-largest fire in California's history after the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889.

  1. ^ "Old Fire" (PDF). FIRESCOPE. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Dr. Tomas Girnius; Tyler Hauteniemi; Scott Stransky (August 2008). "California Wildfire: How Large Can The Losses Be?" (PDF). AIRCurrents. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Mark Fischetti (May 27, 2011). "How Much Do Wildfires Cost in Terms of Property Damage?". Scientific American. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Story-One Year Later: An After Action Review", U.S. Forest Service