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Let's take a look at what our SoCal buddy at LAist sees as the sun goes down. It's both scary and beautiful. Enjoy.

After eleven days, firefighters in the Santa Cruz Mountains completed their containment line yesterday afternoon and have announced officially that the Lockheed Fire (which we were calling the Bonny Doon Fire) has now been fully contained. Around 2,400 people were evacuated in total, and the fire is said to have cost over $25 million in damages and burned almost 8,000 acres. Phew!

      

More than 2,400 residents are under a mandatory evacuation as the Bonny Doon wildfire continues to singe over 4,100 acres. So far, the blaze has torched two unidentified structures. As of 9 a.m. today, a scan 5% of the blaze has been contained. According to Cal Fire, reports the Santa Cruz Sentinel, "the blaze started [on Wednesday] near the Lehi Camp, a Mormon retreat at the top of Empire Grade, and the Lockheed Martin facility."