Zaca Fire

The Zaca Fire is a wildfire which began burning northeast of Buellton, California, in Santa Barbara County, California. The fire started on July 4, 2007 and by August 31, it had burned over convert|240207|acre|km2|3 , making it California's second largest fire in recorded history after the Cedar Fire of 2003. [http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=190] Cal Fire update page] [http://yubanet.com/zaka.shtml Zaca Fire information on Yuba net] ] The fire was 100% contained on September 2, 2007.cite web |url=http://www.inciweb.org/incident/770 |title=Zaca Wildland Fire |accessdate=2007-09-03 ] It was declared controlled on October 29, 2007. [ " [http://www.inciweb.org/incident/news/article/770/6659/ Zaca Fire Controlled But Not Out] " InciWeb. Retrieved on November 6 2007]

The fire was started as a result of sparks from a grinding machine on private property which was being used to repair a water pipe. [http://www.keyt.com/news/local/8362337.html "Officials Find Cause of Zaca Fire", KEYT3 news, July 6 2007] ]

By August 12 "significant" progress was being made on the fire with the introduction of Tanker 910, currently the only operating DC-10 jumbo jet air tanker. Firefighters were able to turn the direction of the fire away from the Paradise Road community.cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20247741/ |title=Critical turn in the Zaca Fire: DC-10 Airtanker flies over and Evacuation Order downgraded |accessdate=2007-08-22 |last=Daniel |first= Stacy |authorlink= |coauthors=Tina Leonard |date=August 12 2007 |year= |month= |format= |work=KSBY-TV—San Luis Obispo, CA |publisher=MSNBC |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

As of September 2, the fire had cost $117 million to fight, and was 100% contained. The fire had primarily burnt away from populated areas in extremely steep and rugged areas of the Los Padres National Forest and the Santa Ynez River Recreation Area. It only destroyed one Forest Service outbuilding. Its impacts on the environment and area water resources are not yet fully known. [ " [http://www.independent.com/news/2007/oct/18/zaca-fire-impacts-will-linger-years/ Zaca Fire Impacts Will Linger for Years] " by Ray Ford, Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved on November 6 2007]

References

External links

* [http://calfire.blogspot.com/ California Fire News daily coverage of California wildland fires including maps, photo's "Cal Fire News"]
* [http://calfire.blogspot.com/search/label/Zaca%20Fire Over 100 pages labeled "Zaca Fire" - California Fire News daily coverage of the Zaca wildland fire including fire perimeter maps, photo's "Cal Fire News - Zaca Fire label"]
* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/15/state/n160335D87.DTL "Giant fire in Los Padres forest to cross into Ventura County" "Associated Press", August 15 2007]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-zacafire4aug04,1,1254771.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california "Santa Barbara fire flares anew" "Los Angeles Times", August 4 2007]
* [http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2007/07/07/news/featurednews/breaking01.txt "Zaca Fire takes unexpected turn", "Santa Maria Times", July 7 2007] .
* [http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_maps?incident_id=190 CDF maps of the Zaca Fire]
* [http://charleypatton.blogspot.com/2007/08/zaca-fire-still-heading-towards-santa.html "Zaca Fire approaches Santa Barbara", "Zaca Fire Blog", August 17 2007] .