Rim Of The World is the long skyline highway across the top of the San Bernardino mountain range. There isn't a lot in the way of houses below down the mountainside that until you get to the foothills below.
Above that, however, are all the big & beautiful mountain communities like Lake Arrowhead, Blue Jay, Running Springs, Arrowbear, and Big Bear Lake amongst others.
The timber there is largely standing deadwood because of the beetles. If the fire gets into those, there's no stopping it. Those trees won't just burn, they'll explode.
The commie envirowacko degenerates have been keeping that standing deadwood from being logged out for ages thanks to like-minded fellow-travellers who set California's environmental policies.
If this fire breeches the crest say goodnight. All of Lake Arrowhead will be charcoal within hours. Billions of dollars at stake hear. Hopefully the smart folks have hightailed it to Hesperia.
Been on the Rim of the World drive many times and if the fire goes over the cliff will it burn down the mountainside into the towns below? I hate that drive -- Rim of the World is right!
Don't see how you can fight the fire if it goes across the road down the mountainside unless you have choppers/planes -- no way to get people into there.