Malibu fire civilian report
This is a timelapse video of the fire that destroyed 4 mansions in Malibu, CA on Jan. 8, 2007, including the home of Suzanne Somers. The camera was on timelapse to capture the sunset, but ended up catching smoke from the beginning of the fire as well.
Looking East from San Marcos at the smoke created by both the Coronado Hills fire and the Palomar Mountain fire.
October 21, 2007
October 21, 2007
Footage from Irvine Blvd
Scary smoky sky
Orange smoke filled sky over Swami’s Beach
Really cool time lapse footage of the Harris Fire over night and many hours of daylight
Overlooking fires in San Diego County
Footage of October 2007 wildfires as sky fills with orange-grey smoke
Smoke hides the sky and the hills glow with fire during the October 2007 California wildfires
Smoke gushes from the Santa Clarita Fire on October 21, 2007. This view from the North of Copper Hill looking South.
Smoke approaching from wildfire in Irvine California
La Jolla, CA sunset on the first day of the wildfires, Oct 21, 2007.
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