San Diego fires: where to go for coverage

Media large and small are covering the multiple wildfires in San Diego County that have burned homes, closed schools, forced thousands to flee, and prompted a state of emergency declaration by California Gov. Jerry Brown this week.

Temperatures reached 106 in some areas on Thursday, contributing to conditions that have given firefighters little relief since the first wildfire was sparked on Tuesday. As of Thursday evening, the fires had burned more than 10,000 acres, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Here are some news sites to follow and the coverage features to look for. Some of the latest and best coverage has been appearing on social media:

U-T San Diego (short, digestible stories; photo galleries; video; information for residents; curation of emergency agency tweets)

ICYMI: Here’s a map of where the fires are burning. http://t.co/luAz1m3l2d pic.twitter.com/3eBnpTqLos

— UTSanDiego (@UTsandiego) May 15, 2014

Los Angeles Times (analysis of drought-linked fires; latest on fire investigation; photos and videos; explanation of “firenados”)

Dramatic image of 72-year-old fighting #CocosFire with garden hose by @RickLoomis via @latpix http://t.co/TBntjgAnz3 pic.twitter.com/pdpUnPIOCX

— LA Times Photography (@latimesphotos) May 15, 2014

CBS8 (live streams, video of multiple fire locations, displaced pet information)

KTLA5 (firenado video)

 
Fox5 (live blog)

Add your suggestions for notable fire coverage in the comments below or email soshiro@poynter.org.