Thursday for the Santa Clarita, San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys. Weather: An excessive heat warning, dangerously hot conditions along with high temperatures between 98’ and 110’ degrees is in effect until 9 p.m. There has been one minor reportable injury to a firefighter. Both upper and lower lakes are currently closed to public access and the recreational facilities will remain closed until further notice.Įngines: 224 Hand Crews: 28 Dozers: 39 Water Tenders: 26 Helicopter: 13 Total Personnel: 1,983 The lake and surrounding areas are being used in support of fire operations. The unified incident command post is located in the Castaic Lake State Recreation Area. The replay of the live stream can be seen on those channels where the public had the opportunity to ask questions about the fire.

Crews will watch for fire whirls, or fire devils, a spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire.Ī virtual public meeting was live streamed yesterday evening on the Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County Fire Department Facebook and Instagram pages. Containment along Pine Mountain Road will continue to be threatened by spot fires. The left flank in the area of Sawmill Mountain, Burnt Peak and Little Burnt Peak is presenting the most challenging fire behavior. Some of the areas in denser vegetation require extensive mop up. The right flank of the fire, just west of Lake Hughes has held for several days. The Lake Fire started on Augand has burned for 7 days and the cause of the fire is undetermined. Firefighters are facing steep and rugged terrain, high temperatures, critically dry fuels and drought stressed trees. The Lake Fire remains eight miles to the northeast of Interstate 5 and south of Highway 138. The fire is burning on the Angeles National Forest near Lake Hughes and moving northwest towards 100-year-old fuels consisting of Big Cone Douglas Fir, Oak and Gray Pine. Current Situation: The Lake Fire is currently 21,115 acres with 38% containment and 4,570 structures remain threatened.

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