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nbc4.tv - News - Fire Officials Say Arsonist Set Deadly Wildfire - from the Los Angeles NBC-TV affiliate late this afternoon.

This is a troubling day, obviously. First off, our weather forecast was for the Santa Anas to come back for the next three days, complete with wind warnings and "red flag" warnings.

Then I woke up this morning with a headache - I could tell the weather had changed.

Now, 10K+ acres burned, property lost - and worst of all, several firefighters killed while trapped in their fire truck, overwhelmed by 100-foot flames. And, this fire may be the result of arson. (Which means that these firefighters were murdered, and suspected arsonist(s) will face murder charges as well as arson.)

Bless these heroic and selfless firefighters. And bless the ones working right now on this fire.

Pray for them, and pray that this fire doesn't spread to the San Bernardino National Forest nearby.

Here in Coastal Orange County - downwind from the fire - I can feel the particles in the air, it's hard to breathe, I'm coughing, and there's a strange, thick, low-lying, dark-gray cloud on my Eastern horizon (that would be toward Riverside County where the fire is located.). It'll be another day when we have a sunset on both the eastern and western horizons.