The largest fires were here in San Diego County.

Fall 2007 California Wildfires

The October 2007 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and over 500,000 acres (2,000 km², or about 770 mi²) of land burned from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. Nine people died as a direct result of the fires;^[8] 85 others were injured, including at least 61 firefighters.^[9] The raging fire was visible from space.^[10]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October 2007 California wildfires