Update

The current stats for the Santiago Fire (I realized that ours really doesn't get any national coverage and I wanted to post an update for any interested):

Acres Burned: Almost 25,000 and still going strong

Containment: 30% (it has been this since Monday, except for this morning when we were up to 50%, which unfortunately didn't last).

Structures Burned: 8 residences damaged and 14 destroyed; 12 outbuildings damaged and 8 destroyed.

Immediate threat to 2,000 structures.

Reward: The reward for information leading to an arrest of the arsonist is now up to $250,000

My impressions: I am looking forward to a day in the not-so-distant future with no more red sunrises, smoke and ash in the air, homes threatened and destroyed, and waiting tensely for the latest update.

btw: Our friends' house is fine so far, but they are still under mandatory evacuation even though they have decided to go back anyway.