Their house was about 200 yard from burning up in Murrieta. They have a beautiful home. Found the piece of land up on a hill and built from scratch. The thing is there is a lot of brush around his home. Especially since the nearest neighbor to the left or right is about 500 yards away. But this guy has a small excavator and he gives himself a 100 foot fire break twice a year. I just got in touch with him via text he said the minute the fire started he was on that excavator and was extending that break as far as he could. The fire never reached it. But it might have saved his home if it did. He said from the fire starting to mandatory evacuation he had maybe 12 hours notice. He is retired police and his wife is a cop right now. So they had plenty of friends helping them get out essentials. Drove past their house today after the road reopened and could not believe how close that fire got to them.

November 8th, 2005 The greatest night in the history of GD!