KABC reports this morning that the Triangle Complex fire which raged overnight in Chino Hills and Carbon Canyon is making its way toward Diamond Bar and threatening several homes. Aerial video of the fire showed it advancing through a grassy wilderness preserve that separates the two communities. The fire could possibly threaten exclusive homes in “The Country”
This video of colliding firetrucks comes from St. Louis. It was apparently captured ona Red Light camera at a nearby intersection.
Scan America has a link to live audio from the front lines of the fire fight in the San Fernando Valley. Much of the traffic is Verdugo dispatch and Los Angeles County Fire. Here’s a direct link to the audio.
Here’s the photo caption:
Vehicles burn early Monday morning, Oct. 13, 2008, after intense Santa Ana winds whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
Here’s the latest from the Associated Press on the Marek Fire:
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Two wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds threatened neighborhoods on the edges of the San Fernando Valley on Monday, killing one person, destroying several dozen mobile homes and forcing evacuations.
Firefighters were struggling with a 3,700-acre blaze in the Sylmar area in the valley’s northeastern corner when a new blaze erupted at midmorning a few miles to the west in mountains above the Porter Ranch area and quickly grew to 500 acres.
“It is a blowtorch we can’t get in front of,” said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Frank Garrido.
Fire officials could not immediately estimate how many homes in Porter Ranch were in the fire’s path. Flames burned furiously at midday just across a road from one development of luxury homes.
The fatality occurred at the so-called Marek Fire burning in the Sylmar area. where neighborhoods abut rugged canyonlands below the mountainous Angeles National forest. The victim was a man who appeared to be a transient living with a dog in a makeshift shelter, officials said.
An estimated 1,200 people were evacuated due to the Marek Fire, which was just 5 percent contained.
Inciweb now indicates the Little Tujunga fire has spread to 2066 acres. Here’s the latest AP story:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on awildfirethat destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown. The blaze charred up to 750 acres and also burned a garage, several sheds and three motor homes, said Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson. No one was seriously injured, but a firefighter and one resident reported minor breathing problems.
Here’s what AP is reporting about the 750 acre fire near Sunland and little Tujunga:
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on awildfirethat destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown.
Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson said the blaze charred up to 750 acres and also burned a garage, several sheds and three motor homes.
No one was seriously injured. A firefighter and one resident reported minor breathing problems.
Haralson said firefighters are “getting a really good handle” on the blaze that started early. Sunday. But powerful Santa Ana winds are expected to arrive in the evening, and gusts could spread embers igniting brush, grass and chaparral in the area.
About 450 homes were evacuated early Sunday when the blaze moved southeast toward city limits, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea.
“It burned right down to a couple of neighborhoods,” Florea said.
The fire was burning south of the Wildlife Waystation, an animal sanctuary and rehabilitation facility set on 160 acres. The nonprofit agency houses more than 400 animals, including lions, bears and deer. Officials were loading up the animals in case the fire switched direction.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battle thewildfirein the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson says the blaze has charred up to 750 acres in the rugged area of Little Tujunga Canyon, about 20 miles north of downtown. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
A fire aided by overnight windsbroke out around 2 this morningin Little Tujunga Canyon and has already claimed 500 acres of brush and has forced the evacuation of about 1,200 nearby residents. Mandatory evacuations are currently in effect in Kagel Canyon, Lopez Canyon, and Little Tujunga Canyon. Residents of nearby Lakeview Terrace are on the ready, but are not required to evacuate as of yet.
*As of 9 a.m. Inciweb has raised the number of affected acres to 600. The fire is reportedly 5 percent contained. This is known as the Marek Wildland Fire. The cause remains under investigation. A total of 900 firefighters have been dispatched to the scene of the blaze.
Here’s the round-up. Perhaps the most fascinating story of the day is the deaf-mute who went into the hospital with a bullet in his head but can’t explain how it got there. I have some questions about the second story because it says fre danger in the Angeles National Forest is High, but a look at the ANF website indicates fire danger is moderate.
Here’s the list:
Whit: WHITTIER — A man who cannot hear or speak arrived at a local hospital Monday with a gunshot wound to his head, however it was not immediately clear how he was shot, authorities said.
Pas/Trib: ARCADIA (CNS)– The fire danger in the Angeles National Forest will be raised from “high” to “very high” on Wednesday as summer temperatures continue drying out vegetation and increasing numbers of visitors arrive.
Pas/Trib: ALHAMBRA — Officials have released the name of a 23-year-old Los Angeles woman killed Saturday in a hit-and-run crash.
Pasadena police have questioned three youths in connection with the Friday afternoon fire above Hastings Ranch.
There has been no arrests. The three were seen leaving the scene as soon smoke appeared.
No further information was available.
*Three youths are reportedly now in custody according to one of our wire services. We are confirming the story. (As of 5:46 p.m.) They are juveniles.
** From interview at 5:52 p.m. with Pasadena Fire Spokeswoman Lisa Derderian .. the youths were not residents of the area . . still trying to determine the origin a neighbor called it in great description and PPD were on it right away. . . .