LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency in Los Angeles County due to wildfires. A total of four fires are burning in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties - two in Angeles National Forest, one in San Bernardino National Forest southeast of Los Angeles, and another south of Los Angeles in Palos Verdes Peninsula.
The Palos Verdes fire began at 8pm Thursday evening near the Trump National Golf Course, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Helicopter crews worked through the night until 3am picking up water from the ocean and dropping it on the affected areas.
Seventy firefighting engines arrived at the fire in one hour, according to Captain Mike Brown of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, in a KTLA news report. Four hundred firefighters were deployed from surrounding cities to help flight the blaze.
The fire has been held to 100 acres. Seven hundred and fifty homes including 1,200 people were evacuated. Six homes have been damaged, but none have are reported to have been destroyed.
According to Captain Brown, the fire was 35% contained as of Friday morning at sunrise. The fire is currently burning in a canyon that’s inaccessible to fire engines. Crews are awaiting an Erickson Air Crane Helitanker, capable of dropping over 2,000 gallons of water, to help douse the flames.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an advisory for unhealthy air for those with asthma or who are sensitive to poor air conditions in San Gabriel Valley, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Coachella Valley.
Of the two fires in Angeles National Forest, the “Station Fire” above La Canada Flintridge is closest to residential areas. A voluntary evacuation has been issued according to the National Forest Service. Due to a shift in wind that caused the blaze to spread overnight, containment has decreased to 5%.
The “Morris Fire,” which began Tuesday afternoon near the Morris Dam in Angeles National Forest, is now 60% contained with 2,000 acres burned.
A fourth fire in Idyllwild of San Bernardino County, called the “Cottonwood Fire,” has burned over 1,000 acres of brush and grass is only 5% contained as of Friday morning.
No injuries have been reported from the fires.
The Palos Verdes fire began at 8pm Thursday evening near the Trump National Golf Course, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Helicopter crews worked through the night until 3am picking up water from the ocean and dropping it on the affected areas.
Seventy firefighting engines arrived at the fire in one hour, according to Captain Mike Brown of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, in a KTLA news report. Four hundred firefighters were deployed from surrounding cities to help flight the blaze.
The fire has been held to 100 acres. Seven hundred and fifty homes including 1,200 people were evacuated. Six homes have been damaged, but none have are reported to have been destroyed.
According to Captain Brown, the fire was 35% contained as of Friday morning at sunrise. The fire is currently burning in a canyon that’s inaccessible to fire engines. Crews are awaiting an Erickson Air Crane Helitanker, capable of dropping over 2,000 gallons of water, to help douse the flames.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an advisory for unhealthy air for those with asthma or who are sensitive to poor air conditions in San Gabriel Valley, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Coachella Valley.
Of the two fires in Angeles National Forest, the “Station Fire” above La Canada Flintridge is closest to residential areas. A voluntary evacuation has been issued according to the National Forest Service. Due to a shift in wind that caused the blaze to spread overnight, containment has decreased to 5%.
The “Morris Fire,” which began Tuesday afternoon near the Morris Dam in Angeles National Forest, is now 60% contained with 2,000 acres burned.
A fourth fire in Idyllwild of San Bernardino County, called the “Cottonwood Fire,” has burned over 1,000 acres of brush and grass is only 5% contained as of Friday morning.
No injuries have been reported from the fires.
