Where can I find the latest update of a map of the California fire?
With all the fires around Southern California, it can be difficult to keep up with which ones are located where, and what new areas are being threatened. The Los Angeles Times has created on its Web site a special Google Maps interactive map of the Southern California wildfires; you can find it here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la-fire-map-html,0,7464337.htmlstory Currently the map covers the fires now going on in these areas: La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Glendale, Pasadena, Altadena, and Big Tujunga Canyon. Like other Google Maps, it lets you zoom in and pan around, and it has icons revealing the locations of the various fires. Clicking on a link below the image takes you to a larger Google Maps image that can be manipulated in more ways. What’s more, the left-hand margin has links to stories and updates on the fires. Late in the evening on Saturday, August 29th
MAP! Here is the latest California Fire Map as the Station Fire (aka the La Cañada Flintridge Fire) still burns. This California Fire Map depicts the live advance of the Station Fire as blistering temperatures Sunday still do not break in the Southland. Southern California Wildfires had threatened 5,000 homes by Saturday. But by Sunday, that number in early afternoon had risen to a staggering 12,000 threatened homes. Containment percentages had yet to improve from the single digits this weekend. 3500 acres are burned in Southern California alone, with 100 engines, 20 clearance trucks and 12 water helicopters responding. Yet residents refuse to leave, causing 3 person to suffer serious burns. The Governor early Sunday warned of the threat to disobey Fire official’s instructions to evacuate – “There were three people who did not listen and they got burned because they did not listen.” By early afternoon Station Fire mandatory evacuations were for homes on Starlight Crest Drive, Greenridg
The updated map of the Station fire near Los Angeles shows major spread of the fire on the north side. The map shows heat detected by satellites at 2:16 a.m. Sunday morning. The red areas are the most recently burned. The Morris fire to the east shows no recent heat. As of early Sunday morning the Station fire had grown to 35,000 acres and had come to within 5 miles of the community of Acton. The southeast wind of Saturday changed to a down-canyon wind overnight, pushing it closer to some residential areas. Sources: http://www.examiner.
