About 10,000 homes have been evacuated since the fire broke out Friday near Sand Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, according to law enforcement officers.
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The hills north of Los Angeles continue to burn and spew thick black smoke from the wildfire that destroyed 18 homes and prompted thousands of people to evacuate.
Residents living in the path of the blaze need to heed mandatory evacuation orders for their own safety as well as that of the police and firefighters working to protect them, said Los Angeles County fire Chief Daryl Osby.
Officials announced all residents in evacuated areas would be allowed to return home at 7 p.m., with the exception of those located on Placerita Canyon Road from Running Horse Lane to Pacy Street, and Little Tujunga Canyon Road from the Wildlife Way Station to Sand Canyon Road & Placerita Canyon Road.
Firefighters have been dumping flame retardant around the edge of the blaze to stop it from spreading, but high winds and soaring temperatures have enabled the fire to jump canyons and get ahead of fire lines.
Since Sunday the blaze engulfed an additional 11,000 acres, according to the latest figures from fire managers. Much of the Los Angeles basin was dusted with a thin layer of fine white ash from the fire over the weekend.
The areas will only be open to residents, who will need to provide identification, officials said.
(Katharine Lotze/The Santa Clarita Valley Signal via AP).
The Sable Ranch, the set of many movies and television shows such as The A Team, 24, Maverick, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, was also lost to the flames. Theo Maehr pauses while trying to extinguish his burning house number and other hotspots near his home in the Palo Colorado Canyon in the scenic Big Sur region of California’s Central Coast, Monday, July…
It also forced a sanctuary for rescued exotic creatures to evacuate 340 of its more than 400 animals, including Bengal tigers and a mountain lion. About 10,000 homes had been under evacuation orders.
“We have to stick back, let it do what it wants to and attack it where we can”.
A helicopter makes a water drop. Authorities said he may have died trying to escape the fire.
There was no evidence the death was crime-related, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday as the investigation continued.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a smoke advisory, noting that people in affected areas are susceptible to direct smoke impact and unhealthy air quality.
A massive wildfire destroyed at least 18 homes and threatened 1,500 more as flames churned through tinder-dry canyons north of Los Angeles.
Firefighters tackle the blaze in Santa Clarita.
One belonged to Ted Kellum, a defense contractor who moved in two years ago with his wife and four children.
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On Sunday, their 20-year-old son lied about going to see a girlfriend and instead crawled under a bridge and crept back into the neighborhood to check on their house. “It’s so handsome except for the risk”. About 770 large animals were in the care of Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control.
