![]() “Some of our firefighters that we normally have on our forests are working on fires in northern California, or Idaho and Washington,” she told KTLA-TV. In addition to dangerously dry conditions, the region faces firefighting staffing that is increasingly stretched thin, said Lyn Sieliet, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino national forest. ![]() After a few cooler days, the region was expected to experience a return of hot weather into the weekend that could increase wildfire risks. But the blaze was worrying because southern California’s high fire season typically comes later in the year when strong, dry Santa Ana winds blast out of the interior and blow toward the coast. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesĪbout 600 homes and other buildings were threatened by the blaze along with power transmission lines, and 1,000 residents were under evacuation orders.īy nightfall Wednesday, firefighters appeared to have gained the upper hand and few flames were seen. Crews used shovels and bulldozers and mounted an air attack to keep the fire from the tiny communities of Lytle Creek and Scotland.įirefighters put out flames from the South fire, which swept through Lytle Creek, California, on Wednesday. ![]() The South fire in San Bernardino county erupted on Wednesday afternoon, quickly burned several hundred acres and damaged or destroyed at least a dozen homes and outbuildings in the foothills north-east of Los Angeles, fire officials said. Meanwhile, a wildfire that burned several homes near Los Angeles may signal that that region, too, is facing the same dangers that have scorched the northern parts of the state this summer. Smoke stained the normally blue skies over the alpine lake on the California-Nevada border but the pollution level Thursday morning was reduced to “unhealthy,” down two levels of severity from 24 hours earlier when it was “hazardous,” according to the US Air Quality Index. #CaldorFire /AeqnX9GHi8- Rob Carlmark August 26, 2021 this is Echo Summit, Sierra-at-Tahoe an EVAC ORDER.warning has moved down the hill to Christmas Valley. Red means get out now.yellow means get ready.
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