Fire Updates: Palos Verdes, Station Fire, Morris Fire, Cottonwood Fire [SoCalif]

LAist ^ | Aug. 28, 2009 | Staff

[La Enchiladita]

Four major fires have consumed around 4,600 acres across the greater Los Angeles region this past week. Here's the latest, as of 9:30 a.m., according to fire information officers for each of the blazes.

Palos Verdes Fire

The fire that began around 8 p.m. last night has only consumed 100 acres in a residential area prompting the evacuation of around 1,200 to 1,500 people. It's 35 percent contained and despite earlier reports of lost homes, six structures have been damaged along with the complete destruction of one outbuilding and a gazebo, according to Inspector Steve Zermeno from the LA County Fire Department. ...

Station Fire

The Station Fire, which was originally traveling north in the Angeles National Forest, took a turn for the worse as winds shifted it southward towards homes in La Canada Flintridge. 1,500 acres have burned and containment has been downgraded to zero percent, says Gabriel Alverez, a fire information officer with the U.S. Forest Service...

Morris Fire

Activity is much lower on this wildfire that begun on Monday afternoon. With 60 percent containment, it has burned through 2,000 acres in the Angeles National Forest north of Azusa and Glendora. 1,653 personnel have responded, said Alverez...

Cottonwood Fire

As of 8 a.m., San Bernardino National Forest officials are saying the fire has burned through at least 1,000 acres and has been contained at five percent. Located two miles east of Hemet, where temperatures are predicted to be 106 with light winds today, an mandatory evacuation order is in effect....

[La Enchiladita]

Smoky all around the horizon and hot in L.A. today.

We request those posters with ill will towards this crisis go elsewhere with your "thoughts."

[Puppage]

We request those posters with ill will towards this crisis go elsewhere with your "thoughts."

That's a weird thing to say.

[La Enchiladita]

Update ping.

[antceecee]

Thanks for posting La ‘Dita... I’ve been looking for some news in between working here on the computer.
I was in RPV on Tuesday afternoon looking at the Terranea Resort.

[La Enchiladita]

Hey, I was going to ping you but haven’t seen you around, didn’t know if your area would be affected. The Resort sounds nice:-)

[GOP Poet]

My heart is with you all from Santa Barbara. Went through three major fires in the Santa Barbara last year. Blessings to all in the Palos Verde and LA area!

[lainie]

Someone always comes around to grace us with “who cares” or the ever-popular “let it burn.”

[lainie]

Pic of Station IC that looks like an explosion:

http://tinyurl.com/28m6gf

from Mt. Wilson cam

[jessduntno]

Got some really nasty stuff here in the last fire emergency...not so weird, but a little territorial...

[fatima]

Prayers for all.((((((Hugs))))))

[La Enchiladita]

Did that happen in the past hour?

I saw a cloud of smoke like that last night, @6:30 p.m. in the San Gabriels.

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you, (((fatima))).

[Conservative4Ever]

It's fire season again...keep safe people. Hemet fire is just over the mountain range from me. Wind from the east so not too bad here. It's the santa ana winds that spook me. Everything is DRY.

[Puppage]

Got some really nasty stuff here in the last fire emergency...not so weird, but a little territorial...

Sadly, that's understandable. I love a joke as much as the next guy, but that's not anything to joke about.

Stay safe!

[Myrddin]

It's warm in San Diego. Mira Mesa is currently 101. El Cajon is 106. The air was pretty warm coming over the summit on State 52 west bound this morning. Like a hair dryer at 8 AM. I can only imagine what it would be like riding through that right now. I'll wait until 5 PM to make the return trip.

[jessduntno]

“Sadly, that’s understandable. I love a joke as much as the next guy, but that’s not anything to joke about. Stay safe!”

Thanks. We are getting a LOT of smoke from the Station Fire and might have to leave because the smoke is irritating...no danger though...

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Where is the Hemet fire, my mom lived in Hemet after moving down from San Jacinto Mountains? Up there she lived in the Garner Valley.

[girlreporter]

I'm about 2 miles west of the Station fire, in La Crescenta. The smoke this morning was unbelievable, like a cloud of fog, except it was smoke. The big planes and water dropping helicopters are constantly going overhead, trying to put out some flames that headed south down the hill.

On a side note, does anyone know what happened to Burbank Karl? He always posted on threads like this. Thanks!

[muawiyah]

The Palos Verde fire was mentioned on local news in the DC area this morning. I would imagine local news in LA doesn't care.

News from San Diego is totally blank regarding any fires at all in LA area ~ did you guys notice that yet?

The news media in LA sure have their biases don't they. Maybe they should go back to Mexico. Get out my country if they don't like it.

[jessduntno]

We’re on the other side of the valley, but the smoke is getting funneled right to us...so hot, it’s like the bad old days of smog “inversion layer” so it isn’t clearing out...about 106 outside...stay safe...keep your eye on the news...haven’t seen Burbank...