Esperanza Fire: October 26-27, 2006

Currently 52°F in Murrieta, California, USA

Sunday, December 14, 2025 9:57 PM PST

October 26, 2006, 4pm: Taken from a rooftop at Stetson and Girard streets. The setting sun forces its way through the pall of smoke from the Esperanza fire as ash falls lightly all around. Photo by Mike Wilson.

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