The Witch Fire began near Ramona near the area called Witch Creek on October 21 , 2007 . By three days later it had burned approximately in San Diego County with over 640 homes destroyed , 250 damaged , and 12 firefighters injured according to the San Diego Union Tribune . Roads into the town were closed . On October 24 the Witch Fire merged with another fire called the Poomacha which had originated in the area of the La Jolla Indian Reservation . Along with more than 10 other fires burning in San Diego County at the same time , the Witch-Poomacha fire helped cause the largest mandatory evacuations in U.S. history , with over 500,000 people displaced as of October 24
Witch Fire
Witch Fire
Ramona, California