Fire Update ***2: Video
AP FIRE VIDEO | Here's video from the AP Click the link to watch. I'l be posting more video and photo throughout the day. We have a pretty full crew taking care of coverage.
Ric Francis shot this photo for AP. It moved this morning.
Here's another Ric Francis AP Photo that just moved(12:19 pm) with this caption: Susan Kelso, second from left, Jason Saracco, left, carrying their cat, and Debbie Engelhard, right, explain to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alvarez that they are returning to their homes Sunday, April 27, 2008, in Sierra Madre, Calif., after evacuating Saturday night because of awildfire. A wildfire burning on the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena forced a fresh round of mandatory home evacuations Sunday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
PETS TO BE SHELTERED: FROM PSN:
PASADENA - The Pasadena Humane Society is offering shelter for pets whose owners have been evacuated from their homes due to the ongoing fire in the foothills.
The organization has cleared out its board room and other spaces to make room for the animals, which number about 30 at this point, Pasadena Humane Society spokeswoman Ricky Whitman said.
The pets were picked up beginning at 2:30 a.m. Sunday from American Red Cross shelters in Sierra Madre.
For more information, contact officials at the Red Cross shelters at Hart Park House, 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., and the Congregational Church 170 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Red Cross officials will coordinate with the Humane Society to ensure pet owners find shelter for their animals.
Another local blog link: The sky is big in Pasadena. Photos here.
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