California wildfire caused by plane crash

[TangoWhiskey]

Still burning, too...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brush-fires-20110906,0,5761358.story

A wildfire sparked by a deadly plane crash continued to grow Monday, destroying a dozen homes, spurring more evacuations and drawing fire crews from across the Southland.

The Canyon fire started Sunday morning when a small plane crashed just south of Tehachapi, killing the two occupants. Burning through chaparral, grass and woodlands in sometimes steep terrain, it had blackened 8,644 acres by Monday night and was 10% contained.

It's actually up to 13000+ acres, now. The plane was reported as a Cessna 210 (a rancher got these pictures just after it happened, with his cell phone).

 

[Tom-D]

That's one way to get found.

 

[tonycondon]

bummer deal. i saw on an OLC post that at least a few gliders had launched from Tehachapi and had to come up with new places to land at the end of their flights thanks to the fire TFR