Charring 200 acres, destroying 20 homes and damaging another 11 as it tore through a Laguna Niguel neighborhood, the Coastal Fire serves as a reminder of how important it is for California residents to be wildfire ready.The Coastal Fire, which began as a brush fire in Aliso Woods Canyon Wednesday, May 11, left a path of destruction in its wake. According to Los Angeles fire Chief Sam DiGiovanni, who spent much of his youth in Temecula Valley Wine Country.“The winds can blow out there when we get those Santa Ana winds, and there is nothing out there but tinder dry brush,” DiGiovanni said. “I look at that and I think this is the next Sonoma/Napa fire waiting to happen.”Wine country isn’t the only area at risk, DiGiovanni said. Vegetation throughout the area is bone-dry
