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Sorry, this info if only for San Diego but perhaps if others know about it in their city they can let me know in the comments.
The San Diego office of Homeland Security has established a web site where you can register your mobile or VOIP phone for reverse 9-1-1. This was the service that notified [...]

Here is a good map of the fires:
http://tinyurl.com/32ud2v
Please contact Cody at sdfires@crsites.com with updated information. Emails with addresses and/or GPS coordinates will be added first!

Things remain bad. As of about 7:30 this morning here is what is burning:
The Witch fire:
* 164,000 cares. One percent contained.
* Seven firefighters and one civilian have been injured. Two additional injuries were reported this morning - it is unknown as yet if they were firefighters or civilians.
* 500 homes destroyed. 250 [...]

San Diego Union has established a blog for the fire.
http://sosdfireblog.blogspot.com/
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Here is a PDF of all that has burned as of 4:30PM 22 October 2007
102207_1630_allfires.pdf

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Scripps Ranch south of Scripps Parkway, north of MCAS Miramar, west of Hwy 67 and east of Interstate15.
At this point, the Sheriff has called a total of194,673 households within the unincorporated area of the county.
This number does not include evacuations ordered from the City of San Diego or [...]

The view from space at this time:

Technorati Tags: san diego , fire , wildfire , sattelite

Here is what is burning currently (10:15am 22 October 07):

Technorati Tags: San Diego , Fire , Wildfire

Things are bad this morning. 7 separate fires and horrible air quality. The emergency websites are still getting slammed.
Red Cross has just set up Safe and Well: https://disastersafe.redcross.org/default.aspx
safeandwell.org will also take you directly there.
Concerned family and friends can search the list of those who have registered themselves as “safe and well.” The results of a [...]

I’m posting this because there is trouble with the sdcountyemergency website.
Due to high traffic, there are problems with the www.sdcountyemergency.com website. Technicians are working to correct the issue.
Residents should call 2-1-1 for all non-emergency calls related to this fire. If the call is initiated from a cell phone, 2-1-1 can be reached at
858-300-1211. Residents [...]