Poinsettia Fire Recap
A smoke cloud stretches over Tower 32 on Carlsbad State Beach on May 14. The Poinsettia Fire, which began at approximately 10:30 a.m., killed one person and destroyed or significantly damaged eight homes, an 18-unit apartment complex and two commercial buildings as it burned 600 acres throughout Carlsbad.
At 10:30 a.m. on May 14, 2014 a wildfire broke out near Poinsettia Lane and Alicante Road. Over the next two days, Lancer Link worked to update students and CUSD community members through Twitter. Here is a recap of the major events of the fire collected from our Twitter posts and retweets from other community members and news organizations.
![Photo of Emily Matteson](https://thelancerlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_9266-300x200.jpg)
![Photo of Catherine Fritz](https://thelancerlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_9302-300x200.jpg)
![Photo of Jessica Streich](https://thelancerlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_9339-300x200.jpg)