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Friday, October 26, 2007
Evacuees To Leave Qualcomm Stadium Today
October 26, 2007, 9:49 AM PDT
Evacuees To Leave Qualcomm Stadium
SAN DIEGO, CA: The NFL stadium where thousands of displaced residents sought refuge is closing as an evacuation center, a symbolic show of progress against wildfires still menacing Southern California.
Once sheltering more than 10,000 people, Qualcomm Stadium was home to just 350 on Friday morning. It was to close later in the day.
Across San Diego County, the region hardest hit by the firestorms that began last weekend, thousands of evacuees have been trickling back to neighborhoods stripped bare of houses, trees and the familiar signs of suburbia. The lucky ones will find their homes still standing amid a blackened landscape....
-- Source: KTLA, http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-sd-evacuees,0,5801361.story?coll=ktla-news-2
Edited on: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:29.59
Categories: Emergency Services