California’s Line Fire Flares Under High Temperatures, Makes Run up Santa Ana River

The suspect faces at least nine arson-related charges.

The Line fire continues to challenge the 1,200 firefighters assigned to the fire in the San Bernardino County mountains Sept. 30, 2024. Cal Fire

Firefighters in Southern California’s mountain region battled the flare-up of a monthlong arson fire on Sept. 29 as flames made a run up a dry river drainage.

The Line fire in San Bernardino County, about 100 miles west of Los Angeles, sparked on Sept. 5 and has grown to nearly 68 square miles in the mountains of San Bernardino National Forest.