Large Brush Fire - Three Points / Highway 138 --west Lancaster area

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[BurbankKarl]

ranch on Oakdale Cyn Road...planes trying to help FFs save it...wall of flame heading towards it

[lainie]

Fire was approaching 138.

Air attack call just went out to get all available helicopters in the air to division x-ray, and have them contact copter 12 at "one twenty-two, eight five zero"

[BurbankKarl]

1-2 acres are on fire north of 138.

[lainie]

Why do I keep hearing "dirty water calls?" Is that a consequence of water drops, stirring up reservoirs or something? Residences keep calling in. Now they're talking about flushing through manholes.

[BurbankKarl]

Poppy Park reporting 96 degrees, 30 mph winds.

[BurbankKarl]

maybe...those helos are dropping buckets into the resevoirs....

and the CA aquaduct...


that fire in Santa Barbara early June, the County forbid them drawing water from the lakes after they found out about it...they also banned the aerial phoscheck....the fire burned an extra couple days....

[lainie]

Weather forecast statement, 1604
Scattered showers & thunderstorms Wednesday through Sunday afternoons. Tonight, ridgetops, 20 mph winds from SW

On an unrelated note, KCET-TV is off the air on Dishnet.

[BurbankKarl]

3 C130s now fighting the fire....

[SCalGal]

Prayers for you and yours. I hope the fire stays away!

[BurbankKarl]

Line of Duty Death

Fire Captain Daniel Elkins

It is with deep regret that the Los Angeles County Fire Department must affirm the line-of-duty death of Fire Captain Daniel Elkins, of Fire Station 117 in Lancaser, Ca. Captain Elkins, who was 47 years old, was en-route to the Antelope Valley from the Pine Incident brushfire in the Lake Hughes area when he was involved in a single-vehicle accident. He was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Captain Elkins, who lived in the Quartz Hill area of Los Angeles County, was a 20-year veteran of LACoFd, appointed to the Department in October, 1983. He is survived by his wife and two adult children.

Capt Mark Savage
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Public Affairs

[BurbankKarl]

firefighter runs past a line of burning brush and trees while helping fight the Pine Brush Fire in the Lake Hughes, Calif., area of Angeles National Forest Monday, July 12, 2004. The blaze prompted the voluntary evacuation of a dozen homes. The fire started about 12:30 p.m. Monday and quickly spread in the heavy brush, fanned by winds that gusted around 20 mph, said Inspector John Mancha of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire was 20 percent contained Monday night and there was noestimateon full containment. There were no injuries and the cause of the fire was under investigation

[lainie]

4100+ acres (KCBS)

[lainie]

Thank you so much. I'm not near this fire but have friends who are.

[BurbankKarl]

LAFD ambulance just collided with someone in LA...FF hurt

[lainie]

KNBC says a 4.0ish quake just occurred somewhere out in Palm Springs.

[lainie]

dang this is quite a sunset out here east of this fire.

[lainie]

CAZ059-142130-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING...LANCASTER...PALMDALE
330 AM PDT WED JUL 14 2004

.TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO 104. WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.

[BurbankKarl]

another fire on sb I-5 at the brake check....

[lainie]

CDF air unit just said two seperate fires in the same general loc

[BurbankKarl]

Griffith Park is on fire again!