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Sayre Fire
The Sayre Fire, also known as the Sylmar Fire, was a November 2008 wildfire that resulted in the loss of 489 residences in Los Angeles, California, United States, the "worst loss of homes due to fire" in the city's history.〔 The fire was first reported at 10:29 p.m. PDT on November 14, 2008, in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles. On November 20, 2008, the fire was 100% contained and had burned and destroyed more than 600 structures: 480 mobile homes, nine single-family homes, 104 outbuildings and 10 commercial buildings.〔 The number of homes lost in the Sayre fire exceeded the prior record set in 1961 by the 1961 Bel Air fire which claimed 484 homes.〔〔 There were no fatalities, just minor injuries to five firefighters and one civilian.
==Origins and cause==
One day after the wind-swept "Tea Fire" destroyed more than 200 homes in Montecito and Santa Barbara, the Sayre Fire was reported in the 13000 block of Sayre Street in Sylmar, just north of the Foothill Freeway (Route 210) near Veterans Memorial County Park. It spread rapidly, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds with near hurricane-force gusts estimated at between and .〔 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called the causative factors a "perfect storm" -- strong winds, low humidity, high temperatures, and dry brush.〔Comments of Governor Schwarzenegger in televised press conference at 9:50 PDT on November 16, 2008.〕
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