PIRU FIRE
Ventura County
Size: 29,324 acres.
Homes: None.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 10 percent.
Start: Oct. 23 west of Lake Piru in Ventura County.
Key facts: The fire in Los Padres National Forest damaged small corner of Sespe Wilderness and Sespe Condor sanctuary. There were no condors in the refuge. Voluntary evacuations in Piru and parts of Fillmore.
Personnel: 813 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $1.1 million
Cause: Under investigation.
VERDALE FIRE
Los Angeles County
Size: 9,000 acres.
Homes: None.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 85 percent.
Start: Oct. 24 west of Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County.
Key facts: Voluntary evacuations have been lifted for community of Val Verde Park and parts of Piru.
Personnel: 500 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $1.7 million.
Cause: Under investigation.
SIMI VALLEY
Ventura County
Size: 90,000 acres.
Homes: 13 destroyed, eight damaged.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 5 percent.
Start: Oct. 25.
Key facts: Mandatory evacuations in two parts of Chatsworth area in Los Angeles County. Voluntary evacuations for Box Canyon and other areas of Simi Valley. Blaze has moved past Ronald Reagan Library without causing damage.
Personnel: 902 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $1.1 million
Cause: Under investigation.
GRAND PRIX FIRE
San Bernardino County
Size: 56,474 acres.
Homes: 77 destroyed.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 25 percent.
Start: Oct. 21 near San Bernardino National Forest.
Key facts: Mandatory evacuations in Lytle Creek, Mount Baldy and parts of Claremont, Upland and other foothill communities of the San Gabriel Mountains. Residents are being allowed back in several areas, including parts of Muscoy, Claremont and Upland.
Personnel: 2,506 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $7.2 million.
Cause: Arson.
OLD FIRE
San Bernardino County
Size: 26,000 acres.
Homes: 450 homes, 10 commercial buildings destroyed.
Deaths: Two.
Containment: 10 percent.
Start: Oct. 25 near San Bernardino National Forest.
Key facts: Evacuations in foothill areas of San Bernardino and mountain communities, including Crestline and Lake Arrowhead.
Personnel: 1,632 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $2.1 million.
Cause: Arson.
CAMP PENDLETON
San Diego County
Size: 8,500 acres.
Homes: None.
Deaths: None.
Containment: Fully contained.
Start: Oct. 21 on the base north of San Diego.
Key facts: Authorities are playing down early reports that fire was ignited by live ammunition exercises on the base.
Personnel: 100 firefighters.
Suppression cost: Not available.
Cause: Under investigation.
PARADISE FIRE
San Diego County
Size: 30,000 acres.
Homes: 57 destroyed.
Deaths: Two.
Containment: 15 percent.
Start: Oct. 26 in Valley Center area near Interstate 15.
Key facts: Valley View Casino evacuated.
Personnel: 862 firefighters.
Suppression cost: Not available.
Cause: Under investigation.
CEDAR FIRE
San Diego County
Size: 206,664 acres.
Homes: 150 destroyed in Scripps Ranch, 10 in Tierrasanta, 368 spread across Ramona, Lakeside and surrounding communities of eastern San Diego County.
Deaths: Nine.
Containment: 0 percent.
Start: Oct. 25 in eastern San Diego County.
Key facts: Extends to Scripps Ranch, Poway, Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, Ramona and portions of Santee, Lakeside and Blossom Valley. Air traffic nationwide was disrupted when this fire forced evacuation of a Federal Aviation Administration control center.
Personnel: 2,150 firefighters.
Suppression cost: Not available.
Cause: Authorities believe a hunter set a signal fire when he got lost.
DULZURA FIRE
San Diego County
Size: 45,291 acres.
Homes: None.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 17 percent.
Start: Sunday, Oct. 26 in southern San Diego County.
Key facts: Mandatory evacuations in parts of Jamul, a rural area east of San Diego. The fire prompted voluntary evacuations of parts of eastern Chula Vista and flames skipped over the border into eastern Tijuana but turned back to the U.S. side.
Personnel: 147 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $200,000
Cause: Under investigation.
MOUNTAIN FIRE
Riverside County
Size: 10,000 acres.
Homes: 9 destroyed.
Deaths: None.
Containment: 55 percent.
Start: Oct. 26 in southern Riverside County.
Key facts: Evacuations ordered for 300 homes near Lake Skinner. Two civilian injuries. Four minor firefighter injuries.
Personnel: 500 firefighters.
Suppression cost: $300,000.
Cause: Under investigation.
Sources: The Associated Press, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local fire officials.