Director of Emergency Services Brings Update

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Published October 29, 2007 at 9:38 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

The 2007 October Firestorm destroyed more than 1,000 homes. Many homeless San Diegans face the challenge of rebuilding and finding a place to live.

Tom Fudge: This morning, fire fighters are making progress in surrounding the fires that burned hundreds of thousands of acres in San Diego County last week. Last week's emergencies were unprecedented in our region as to the number of people who were evacuated. More than half a million San Diego County residents were asked to leave their homes.

Ron Lane is the director of emergency services for San Diego County. He joins me now over the phone to bring us up-to-date on evacuations, repopulation and how decisions about evacuating were made.

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Guests

Ron Lane , director of the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services .