The Old Fire raged through the San Bernardino Mountains 10 years ago, in October of 2003, carving out a dubious place in history as the most devastating fire ever to strike the area. As huge as ...

The Old fire broke out Oct. 25, 2003, at Old Waterman Canyon Road and California 18, and raced through the forest and brush, forcing the evacuation of more than 30 communities and 80,000 people.

The Old Fire, a 91,000-acre ... The blaze occurred during what state and federal officials refer to as the Fire Siege of 2003, the most devastating wildland fire disaster in California history.

It began about 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 25, 2003: a lighted flare tossed into tinder-dry brush in Waterman Canyon that set off the most devastating wildfire in San Bernardino County’s history, the Old ...

The Old fire broke out Oct. 25, 2003, at Old Waterman Canyon Road and California 18, and raced through the forest and brush, forcing the evacuation of more than 30 communities and 80,000 people.

The Old Fire flared up on Oct. 25, 2003, near Old Waterman Canyon Road and burned for nine days across the San Bernardino Mountains, scorching 91,281 acres and causing an estimated $42 million in ...

The October 2003 Old Fire destroyed 1,003 homes in the city of San Bernardino and in mountain communities that are a second home to many residents of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

The Old Fire ignited Oct. 25, 2003, in Old Waterman Canyon, burned more than 91,000 acres and consumed 940 homes from Del Rosa to Cedar Glen.

The fire broke out Oct. 25, 2003. Witnesses reported seeing a passenger in a white van throwing burning objects into dry brush, making Fowler the prime suspect, KNX 1070's Jon Baird reports. Podcast ...

In this file photo from the Old fire in 2003, Derrick Ho from the Los Angeles County Fire Department works to control a fire near a neighborhood east of Lake Arrowhead. Expand.

Rickie Lee Fowler, convicted for murder and arson in relation to the 2003 wildfire known as the "Old Fire," has been sentenced to death.