Major wildfires burning in California:
Witch Fire: About 196,420 acres in northern San Diego County from Witch Creek to Rancho Santa Fe; 20 percent contained; 645 homes, 30 commercial properties destroyed; two civilians and 12 firefighters injured. Containment expected Sunday.
Poomacha Fire: 35,000 acres on the La Jolla Indian Reservation and in northeastern San Diego County; 10 percent contained; 50 homes destroyed and 2,000 homes threatened; eight firefighters, four civilians injured.
Horno-Ammo Fire: About 10,000 acres on the Camp Pendleton Marine base; 40 percent contained.
Harris Fire: 75,000 acres burned 70 miles southeast of San Diego north of the border town of Tecate, Mexico; 10 percent contained; 155 structures destroyed, 2,000 homes and 500 commercial properties threatened; one civilian killed, 21 injured civilians and seven injured firefighters. Containment expected Oct. 31.
Rice Fire: About 9,000 acres in Fallbrook in northern San Diego County; 10 percent contained; 206 homes and two commercial properties destroyed; one firefighter injured.
Buckweed Fire: About 38,356 acres south of Agua Dulce in northeastern Los Angeles County; contained; 15 homes, 17 outbuildings, two bridges and 40 vehicles destroyed; three civilians and two firefighters injured.
Canyon Fire: About 4,565 acres in the coastal community of Malibu; contained; six homes, two businesses and a church destroyed and nine homes and five commercial buildings damaged; three firefighters suffered minor injuries.
Magic Fire: About 2,824 acres in northern Los Angeles County, including Stevenson Ranch; contained; no damage or injuries.
Ranch Fire: About 54,716 acres in the Castaic area near Piru; 70 percent contained; one home, eight outbuildings destroyed; one injury reported.
Santiago Fire: About 19,200 acres east of Irvine; 50 percent contained; nine homes destroyed; eight homes and 12 outbuildings damaged; four minor injuries to firefighters.
Slide Fire: 10,800 acres in Green Valley Lake area of the San Bernardino Mountains, east of Lake Arrowhead; no containment; at least 200 homes destroyed; no injuries reported.
Grass Valley Fire: About 2 square miles in Grass Valley area northwest of Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains; 30 percent contained; at least 113 homes destroyed; no injuries reported.
Rosa Fire: About 411 acres near Temecula; 85 percent contained.
Sedgewick Fire: 710 acres near Los Olivos; contained; no homes destroyed and no reports of injuries.
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