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Southern California Wildfires: Latest updates on Airport, Bridge, Line fires
By Tony Kurzweil,
15 hours ago
Three major wildfires burning simultaneously in Southern California have burned homes and stretched resources from multiple agencies across four counties this week. Here’s a look at each incident, and the challenges crews face Friday.
Bridge Fire
The Bridge Fire burning in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties started on Sunday and remained the only fire with no containment as of Thursday night. However, progress was made overnight with some containment being reported by fire officials Friday morning. The fire is estimated to have destroyed about 40 structures and is threatening thousands of others.
The latest Cal Fire update was issued at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Containment : 3%
Acres : 52,801
Date Started : Sept. 8, 2024
Location : Camp Bonita Road east of Camp Williams
Cause : Under investigation
Evacuation Map (burn area in orange – mandatory evacuations in red – evacuation warnings in yellow) via Cal Fire :
Evacuation Shelters can be found at Pomona Fairplex: 601 W McKinley Ave, Pomona; San Bernardino County Fairgrounds (Building 6): 14800 7th St, Victorville; Jessie Turner Community Center: 15556 Summit Ave, Fontana and Hacienda Heights Community Center: 1234 Valencia Ave, Hacienda Heights.
The most recent of the wildfires, the Airport Fire began Monday in Orange County’s Trabuco Canyon before spreading to Riverside County. Containment on the fire increased overnight from 5% to 8%. Officials said the blaze was ignited accidentally by a spark from heavy equipment used by public workers. The Orange County Health Officer issued a Declaration of Local Health Emergency in response to this fire on Friday evening.
The latest Cal Fire update was issued at 5:46 p.m. Friday.
Containment : 9%
Acres : 23,494
Date Started : Sept. 9, 2024
Location : Trabuco Canyon
Cause : Spark from heavy equipment
Evacuation Map (burn area in orange – mandatory evacuations in red – evacuation warnings in yellow) via Cal Fire :
Evacuation Shelters can be found at RSM Bell Tower Community Center: 22232 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita; Temescal Canyon High School: 28755 El Toro Road, Lake Elsinore and Santiago High School: 1395 E Foothill Pkwy, Corona.
The Line Fire burning in San Bernardino County is the oldest of the three major wildfires starting on Sept. 5. The blaze destroyed at least one home in Running Springs and was believed to have been intentionally caused. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco has been charged with nine felony counts including arson causing damages of over $7 million, great bodily injury to a firefighter, and possession of incendiary devices.
The latest Cal Fire update was issued at 4:21 p.m. Friday.
Containment : 25%
Acres : 38,074
Date Started : Sept. 5, 2024
Location : Baseline Street and Aplin Street in Highland
Cause : Arson
Evacuation Map (burn area in orange – mandatory evacuations in red – evacuation warnings in yellow) via Cal Fire:
Evacuation Shelters can be found at San Bernardino County Fairgrounds (Building 6): 14800 7th St, Victorville; Jessie Turner Community Center: 15556 Summit Ave, Fontana and Hacienda Heights Community Center: 1234 Valencia Ave, Hacienda Heights.
You would think government equipment would have fire extinguishers on them. There were no Santa Ana winds, so how did a fire, started by a spark burn out of control ?
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