Here are some pics I just took in my backyard... This one started this morning, and is still going.
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Wildfire Burns Out Of Control In Angeles National Forest
Fire Not Contained
LOS ANGELES -- The fire in the Angeles National Forest above Glendora has grown to 4000 acres. The mercury climbed past 90 as firefighters continue to battle the blaze.
About 300 people have been evacuated from the area around Camp Williams.
The blaze, which created a thick curtain of smoke east of Los Angeles, has forced the evacuation of several campgrounds and nearly 80 cabins as well as the closure of Highway 39, said Linda Steinberg, a fire information officer with the U.S. Forest Service.
The wildfire erupted Sunday evening near Camp Williams and Camp Follows, two privately owned campgrounds.
About 600 firefighters worked through the night, but were unable to gain any ground on the blaze, fire dispatcher Tony Heinan said Monday.
The fire was burning out of control at 5 p.m. with no containment, Steinberg said, revising an earlier estimate that the blaze was 5 percent contained.
"There is extreme fire activity today with heavy brush and temperatures in the 100-plus range," she said. "It's going to be difficult."
Firefighters were being aided by five air tankers and six helicopters.
The wind-driven fire grew quickly after it erupted Sunday and at one point threatened homes and forced 300 residents and 2,000 campers to flee.
"A bunch of us got in a circle and held hands and prayed," said Lynn Piazza, who evacuated from Camp Williams on Sunday.
"There were huge flames all along that ridge. That is our worst nightmare, because if the sparks come down into our trees, than it would be really hard to fight," an unidentified resident told NBC4.
The fire burned three miles southeast of an area scorched earlier this month by a fire that consumed more than 16,000 acres.
Temperatures in Southern California rose to record levels Sunday. Chatsworth in Los Angeles County saw 108 degrees, up from 105 degrees in 1989.
The National Weather Service issued a statement Monday advising of another hot, dry day with temperatures expected to reach 108 degrees in some inland areas.
