Station Fire Could Reach Mount Wilson Observatory

A Station fire near Pasadena is threatening the Mount Wilson Observatory, a well known historic landmark.
Station Fire Could Reach Mount Wilson Observatory
Fires burning near Mount Wilson at 10:30 p.m. PST, Aug. 30. Dan Sanchez/The Epoch Times
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Fires burning near Mount Wilson at 10:30 p.m. PST, Aug. 30. (Dan Sanchez/The Epoch Times)

PASADENA, Calif.—A Station fire on the east flank above Pasadena is threatening the Mount Wilson Observatory, a well known historic landmark just north of Pasadena in the San Gabriel foothills.

Fire officials are predicting the fire will possibly reach Mount Wilson tonight or early Monday morning.  Many broadcast and communications towers and systems used by television and radio stations are also located there in addition to the century-old observatory.