Ahmanson Ranch after the fires

I took a quick visit to Ahmanson Ranch, two weeks after the wildfires. Here are some photos of the destruction. These were taken with my Nokia 6820 phone. Check out my previous posts to see what this area looked like before.

California Wildfires

This past week, brush fires broke out in Topanga and Burbank. We live near the Topanga fire, which stretched from Thousand Oaks to Chatsworth. It made its way pretty far south, but did not cross the 101 Freeway.

On the first few days, the sky was darkened by the smoke cloud and you could see the fires at night, like yellow shimmering ribbons on the hills. When it was in full swing, ash was falling like snow from the sky.

Here's a satellite photo:

I got this from Nasa's Earth Observatory.

The fire did go through Ahmanson Ranch in Calabasas, where we've gone hiking before. The park is now closed until they're sure the fires are out.