palmdale fire
The area is west of the 250-square-mile zone scorched by last summer’s Station Fire, the largest wildland blaze in county history. [1]
Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. [2]
Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said about 1,200 homes in Leona Valley and parts of Palmdale are under mandatory evacuation orders Thursday evening. [3]
ACTON — A large brush fire has taken hold Southern California, causing at least one house to burn down and more than a thousand residents to evacuate their homes. [4]
Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing hundreds of evacuations and burning at least three structures. [2]
KCAL-TV showed at least two structures fully engulfed in flames near where the blaze jumped a road and sent firefighters and sheriff’s deputies scattering. [1]
A firefighter hand crew awaits orders as a fast moving wildfire consumes a hillside near Palmdale, Calif. [5]
A 2?-square-mile blaze near Tehachapi on the western edge of the Mojave Desert was 25 percent contained after burning about 30 homes and other structures in a scattered community called Old West Ranch. [3]
The “Crown Fire” near the 14 Freeway in Agua Dulce forced evacuations for residents of 1,200 homes in the area, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. [4]
By early evening the winds picked up and pushed the flames north and east toward Palmdale, in the suburbs of Los Angeles County’s inland desert, authorities said. [...] More than 30 homes were lost in the small hill community of Old West Ranch and another 150 structures were threatened, firefighters said Tuesday. [...] The glow from a wildfire can be seen through the entrance to the small community known as Old West Ranch near the Mojave Desert town of Tehachapi, Calif. [6]
Despite firefighters’ beliefs the California Aqueduct would act as a firebreak, flames leaped over the aqueduct and burned closer to Palmdale and Rancho Vista around 10:45 p.m. [4]
Further north in Kern County, good weather helped firefighters build containment lines around two wildfires that destroyed homes in remote mountain communities earlier in the week. [1]
The blaze, burning north of State Route 14, jumped Elizabeth Lake Road in several places, sending firefighters and sheriffs deputies scattering. [3]
Sources:
[1] 1,200 homes evacuated in LA Co. as fire spreads - Boston.com
[2] 1,200 homes under evacuation orders in LA County
[3] New Blazes Occur As Crews Battle SoCal Wildfires - cbs5.com
[4] Brush Fires: Mandatory Evacuations Ordered in Agua Dulce …
[5] 1,200 Homes Evacuated In LA Co. As Fire Spreads : NPR
[6] 1,200 homes evacuated in northern hills of LA County; brush …