The smoke has yet to settle in Southern California, where thousands are reeling from the devastating impacts of a series of ongoing fires in the Los Angeles area. Just how far are they from San Diego?

The Santa Ana winds that stoked a huge wildfire near Malibu were beginning to snap through San Diego County late Tuesday afternoon, in the start of what could be a week or more of off-and-on lashings in a region that’s drier than it’s been in years,

San Diego fire crews have deployed resources to help in the firefight against several major wildfires in the Los Angeles area that have destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thousands to evacuate and killed at least 2 people.