How many firefighters are currently working in the Southern California area?”
While thousands have fled their homes in the communities of Auburn, Oak Glen, Yucaipa, Acton, and La Canada Flintridge, two really non-thinking people who tried to ride out the firestorm in a backyard hot tub were burned. The pair in Big Tujunga Canyon, on the southwestern edge of the fire, completely underestimated the fire and the hot tub provided no protection for them. The couple made their way to firefighters and were airlifted out by a sheriff’s rescue helicopter. They had received notification to evacuate from deputies but decided to stay anyway. There injuries were serious with one being treated and released and the other in the hospital in stable condition. Firefighters are currently working where flames are lapping at the foot of the vital communications and astronomy center of historic Mount Wilson – a place I went to often as a child. You can watch the Mt. Wilson cam here. For the third straight day, humidity was very low and temperatures were in the high 90’s. Some 2,000 f
A growing wildfire sending massive billows of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles nearly tripled in size Saturday, injuring three residents, knocking out power to homes and prompting evacuations in a number of mountain communities.Mandatory evacuations were extended Saturday into neighborhoods in the canyons on the northwestern edge of Altadena, Glendale, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon, Forest Service spokesman Bruce Quintelier said. It was unclear how many residents were ordered to leave.The flames burned increasingly lower down the slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, threatening more than 2,000 homes in the La Canada Flintridge area. Fire burned right up to houses, but no structures were destroyed. At least 150 homes were under mandatory evacuation orders there.Flames knocked out power to at least 164 residences in La Canada Flintridge Saturday afternoon, according to Southern California Edison. Repair crews were ordered to stay out of the area because of fire danger.More t
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