County health officials are warning that the air quality in the areas of Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley, the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Fernando Valley will continue to be poor. The remains of a auto that burned with the Soberanes Fire in Palo Colorado Canyon on the northern Big Sur Coast on Tuesday July 26, 2016 in Big Sur, Calif. California’s signature parks along the Big Sur c…
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The U.S. Forest Service has also asked residents not to fly drones after a recent incident in the Soberanes fire that interfered with firefighters.
California declared a state of emergency Tuesday after a wildfire near Los Angeles has burned more than 37,000 acres, and another in Big Sur has burned more than 23,000 acres, officials said. About 25 percent of the fire has been contained. Eighteen homes were destroyed and one person was killed.
Closures as of Tuesday in the major tourism destination include Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Andrew Molera State Park and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, among others. Fire crews have made some gains against a massive wild… Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction, is acting governor until Gov. Jerry Brown comes back from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
The Los Angeles Fire Department sent a water-dropping helicopter to join four others from the county Fire Department.
The Board of Supervisors today ratified a local emergency declaration that was issued by the county on Monday.
Authorities say a large wildfire burning in the backcountry of northwest Wyoming is threatening hundreds of seasonal homes and has forced scores to flee. The body of Bresnick, 67, was found about 20 minutes later Saturday in the vehicle after flames tore through the neighborhood, said Los Angeles County Coroner’s Assistant Ed Winter.
The wildfire grew slightly overnight to almost 60 square miles.
The Big Sur closures were put into place for parks that draw 7,500 visitors daily from around the world for their dramatic vistas of ocean and mountains. Twenty homes have burned in the zone, residents of 300 more were ordered to evacuate and more than 2,000 firefighters were trying to douse the blaze. It remained 10 percent contained late on Tuesday, authorities said. The move frees up funding and relaxes regulations to help with the firefight and recovery.
Almost 3,000 firefighters from a number of agencies, including the Santa Monica Fire Department, have been working around the clock to calm the blaze, which quickly exploded when it first broke out Friday afternoon.
Residents have reported smoke-filled air and falling ash in many parts of the greater Los Angeles area as a result of the fire.
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Evacuation centers at Hart High School, located at 24825 N. Newhall Avenue in Santa Clarita, and Highland High School, located at 39055 25th Street West in Palmdale remained open, according to the InciWeb page.
