Santa Rosa Island fire has burned 17,000 acres, approximatedly one third of the island. Officials say that it burned through a stand of rare Torrey pines.
The fire likely was started by a wrecked boat that caught fire, not flares, as originally thought.
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https://www.independent.com/2026/05/19/santa-rosa-island-fire-burns-through-rare-torrey-pine-grove/