Written by AARON CASTREJON
​CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - A small brush fire has ignited south of Santa Fe Dam In Irwindale.

The fire has burned at least two acres in the riverbed south of Live Oak Avenue west of the 605 freeway. Firefighters have hoses on both flanks of the blaze, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The fire is burning all on locally-controlled land.

The fire has the potential to burn five to seven acres.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE – Firefighters are on scene of a two-acre vegetation fire inside Santa Fe Dam Recreational area Wednesday afternoon.
 
Firefighters were dispatched at 12:19 a.m. and arrived two minutes later to Santa Fe Dam, 15501 Irwindale Ave. Firefighters on scene did not provide a size-up of how large the fire was, but had forward progress stopped at 12:39 p.m., according to a representative of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
 
No one was injured and no structures were threatened, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - No one was injured and no buildings were damaged after a spot fire ignited in Irwindale Monday morning.
 
Firefighters located a 50-foot by 50-foot vegetation fire in the 2300 block of Buena Vista Street after being dispatched around 7:17 a.m. Firefighters checked at least two different locations of where the fire may have originated from after observing black smoke in the area before finding the source, according to a representative with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
 
Firefighters got a handle on the flames and left the scene around 9 a.m.
 
The cause is under investigation.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - A small brush fire has been stopped after scorching three acres near the 605 freeway.

Firefighters and a helicopter were dispatched to the San Gabriel River west of the 605 freeway and Arrow Highway around 4:16 p.m. No structures were threatened, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department and Irwindale Police.

The fire's cause is under investigation.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | City Watch Editor

IRWINDALE - One firefighter received unspecified injuries containing the 35-acre Arrow Fire Wednesday afternoon.

The firefighter’s injury is considered minor, according to Inspector Sal Albrado of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Hand crews will continue to work through the night. Helicopters will be available once daylight breaks to assist if needed. Also working through the night will be multiple county engines, patrols and one water tender, Albrado said.

No structures were damaged.

Investigators will work to determine the fire’s cause.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - For the second time in six days, a brush fire burned along the undeveloped portion of the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, this time destroying heavy equipment.

No injuries have been reported in the fire that sparked in the same area as the July 5 brush fire, adjacent to the Miller Brewery and the Metro Gold Line right of way. All forward progress of the fire, reported at 3:58 p.m., was stopped about one hour ago, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Winds helped to drive the fire eastbound. Firefighters set up structure protection groups for the brewery as flames came close to the western side of the facility.

Miller Brewery employees could be seen moving away from the thickest smoke, which for a time enveloped most of the western side of the brewery.

Fire began spotting across a road on the Miller property, firefighters reported.

Upon arriving near the firefighter command post at the Santa Fe Dam Nature Center about 15 minutes after the fire ware dispatched, this reporter hear two loud explosions, potentially from some of the flatbed trucks that were destroyed.

This reporter, the only one to reach inside Santa Fe Dam, was asked to leave by an Irwindale Police officer.

Thick black smoke and the smell of soot wafted across the Metro Gold Line tracks and 210 freeway.

Neither freeway traffic, nor Gold Line service, was stopped as the fire inched closer to the edge of the Santa Fe Dam area along the freeway. Trains and vehicle traffic pushed on through haze and the thick scent of burning vegetation.

While the cause of the fire is under investigation, a number of transients have set up home in the same area where the fire ignited.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - A 30-acre brush fire was declared 100 percent contained Friday morning.

The fire ignited in the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area Thursday afternoon, sending smoke and ash wafting through the Irwindale, Azusa and Glendora area. The fire, which ignited in the northern portion of the dam, threatened some facilities at the Miller Brewery, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

CBS2 news reported a civilian suffered from smoke inhalation, but injuries could not be confirmed, according to Marvin Lim, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Firefighters established a 100 percent line around the fire, Lim said.

The cause is still under investigation, Lim said.

The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension was briefly threatened by the fire
Firefighters provided structure protection to fight flames if they came close to the brewery.

The California Highway Patrol, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Parks Bureau will remain at the command post with Los Angeles County Firefighters throughout the night, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

A number of homeless encampments pepper the recreational area, especially near the Santa Fe Dam Nature Center and in undeveloped areas near the 210 freeway.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - Firefighters are still determining the cause of a 30-acre brush fire that charred undeveloped land in the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area Thursday night.

The fire, which ignited in the northern portion of the dam, threatened some facilities at the Miller Brewery as flames were licked by 10-mile-per-hour winds, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

As of 8 p.m., the fire was more than 51` percent contained.

Firefighters provided structure protection to fight flames if they came close to the brewery.

The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension was briefly threatened by the fire.

The California Highway Patrol, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Parks Bureau will remain at the command post with Los Angeles County Firefighters throughout the night, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

No injuries were reported.

A number of homeless encampments pepper the recreational area, especially near the Santa Fe Dam Nature Center and in undeveloped areas near the 210 freeway.

The cause is still under investigation.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor