Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor UPDATE: The Fire, dubbed the Burro Fire, is holding steady at six acres burned and is 30 percent contained, the U.S. Forest Service said.
The fire was caused by a traffic collision that sent two people to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. MOUNTAINS - A brush fire burning in the San Gabriel Mountains is holding at five to seven acres, a battalion chief said Tuesday morning. The fire is burning near Highway 39 and Coldbrook Campground. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station are en route to conduct evacuations of people in the area, according to Sheriff’s radio traffic. Los Angeles County Firefighters are working with U.S. Forest Service firefighters to extinguish the flames. County firefighters have a full brush assignment assigned, which includes up to three helicopters. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - The U.S. Forest Service announced that several locations in the San Gabriel Mountains will remain closed until red flag conditions cease. The Switzer Picnic area, Millard Campground, Chantry Flats, Glendora Mountain and Glendora Ridge Roads are the affected areas, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The National Weather Service stated that the Red Flag warning issued October 27 at 6 p.m. is slated to end at 6 p.m. Monday, October 28. The warning affects the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles coasts, Ventura County coasts and the Santa Monica Mountains due to gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity.
Wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour were scheduled overnight into Monday for Los Angeles County mountains. Peak winds between 40 to 50 miles per hour were forecast for other wind-prone areas, the NWS said. Meteorologists believe a stronger Santa Ana wind event may blow across Los Angeles and Ventura County mountains Tuesday night through and into Thursday. A fire weather watch was issued for this potentially stronger wind event, the NWS said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A one-quarter-acre brush fire is burning in the mountains north of Glendora. The fire was reported just after 2 p.m. along Highway 39 near mile marker 29.36, just north of the Bichota Canyon Trail. The U.S. Forest Service is sending a full brush fire response. The fire is burning in light to medium brush. It is unclear how the fire ignite, but within the last hour, firefighters responded to two calls of a vehicle that crashed in the nearby vicinity. A vehicle crashed around 1:22 p.m. near Crustal Lake Road. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor CHINO HILLS - A brush fire has been stopped at 100 acres, but not before destroying one home Sunday. The fire was reported near Chino Hills Parkway and Falling Star Lane just before 1:24 p.m. July 28. Forward progress of the flames was stopped by both Chino Valley firefighters and Los Angeles County firefighters.
Flames stayed within Chino Hills city limits, but did encroach on the Los Angeles County line. A very large home was destroyed by the fire in the 2000 block of Miramonte Court. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A second fire ignited near the roughly 15-acre fire burning in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The second fire was reported by aircraft around 1 p.m. just south of the original fire near Highway 39 ad East Fork Road. Firefighters and deputies have evacuated campers at Coldbrook Campground, a nearby hiking trail and the West Fork area. The second fire has been contained to two acres and flames have been knocked down, according to Fire Chief Robert of the Angeles National Forest.
Firefighters believe the second fire to be suspicious in nature. Two men in a grey Hummer H3 were seen leaving the area southbound as the second fire ignited. Deputies from San Dimas Station and surrounding stations are assisting with evacuations. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A vehicle fire has spread to nearly five acres of brush near Highway 39 and East Fork Road. The fire has burned about three-quarters of an acre. The U.S. Forest Service has called for two firefighting helicopters to assist with a ground effort to knock down the flames, according to U.S. Forest Service radio traffic. The fire was reported by a motorist around 10:45 a.m. Authorities were contemplating shutting down traffic along Highway 39 and a possible evacuation of Coldbrook Campground. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - The U.S. Forest Service will be conducting controlled burns near Coldbrook Campground June 20. The prescribed burn of hazardous brush is scheduled to occur at Valley of the Moon, a mile south of Coldbrook Campground along San Gabriel Canyon Road. Smoke and flame may be visible to surrounding communities, Angeles National Forest Service officials said.
Such prescribed burns can provide protection to the community in the event of a wildfire. Email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate! Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A collision on Highway 39 in the San Gabriel Mountains has sparked a small brush fire Friday. The crash occurred on Highway 39 near Coldbrook Campground just after 9:30 a.m. The U.S. Forest Service has called for a full brush fire response for a 200-square-foot fire in oak underbrush burning uphill in steep terrain. A rescue crew from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has found the vehicle about 200 feet over the side and are checking for patients. Los Angeles County Firefighters are also en route to assist with ground crews and helicopters. It is unknown if there are any victims inside the crashed vehicle near Coldbrook Campground on Highway 39. The fire's heat is preventing Sheriff's tactical medics from reaching the crashed vehicle. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - To mitigate fire hazards in the foothills, the U.S. Forest Service will conduct controlled burns in the east San Gabriel Valley starting Wednesday, authorities said. Fire will be applied to brush in the Bear Canyon Housing tract above Mt. Baldy Village, one mile northwest of Mt. Baldy Road and Bear Canyon Road January 30 and January 31 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the U.S. Forest Service. Smoke and flame will be visible from Mt. Baldy Village, La Verne, Claremont and San Antonio Heights.
The project will provide community and infrastructure protection in the event of a wildfire, the U.S. Forest Service said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - Two men accused of sparking the Morris Fire above Azusa last year pleaded no contest Thursday to recklessly starting a fire and were sentenced. Christopher Paul Ortega, 21, from Glendora, and Santino Francisco Gnaulati, 22, from Covina, were immediately sentenced after their plea. Ortega was sentenced to 16 months in state prison, to be served in county jail. Gnaulati was sentenced to three years formal probation upon the condition he serve 180 days in county jail, according to Venusse Navid of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The men ignited the one-quarter-acre Morris fire near Morris Dam in the 9500 block of North San Gabriel Canyon Road August 7, 2018 near a turnout. Los Angeles County firefighters were dispatched to assist the U.S. Forest Service at 2:53 a.m.
Firefighting helicopters from both county fire and the U.S. Forest service assisted ground crews. A suspicious white truck was seen in the area at the time the fire ignited. Power lines were compromised near the fire and inhibited the firefight, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Good Samaritans followed Ortega and Gnaulati from the scene as they fled in a white GMC pickup down San Gabriel Canyon Road until they got cell phone service to call authorities. Ortega and Gnaulati were taken into custody by San Dimas Sheriff’s deputies after they were detained by Azusa Police officers on Sierra Madre Avenue west of Azusa Avenue, according to Sgt. Pete Shupe of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station. |
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