The closures include Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Andrew Molera State Park, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Point Sur lighthouse park, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, and Garrapata State Park, according to the Associated Press. Campgrounds were closed due to smoke dangers.
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The fire in rugged wilderness between the northern edge of Los Angeles and the suburban city of Santa Clarita grew slightly to almost 60 square miles (154 square kilometers).
While numerous 20,000 people who were evacuated from their homes were able to return Monday night, those in?areas along Placerita Canyon Road, Little Tujunga Canyon Road, Agua Dulce Canyon Road, and Soledad Canyon Road are still under mandatory evacuation orders.
(AP Photo/Nick Ut). Lane Leavitt, who trains stunt actors and specializes in setting people on fire for movies and television, poses Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in his home that escaped damage when the Sand fire swept through Santa Clarita, Calif. over the.
Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction, is acting governor until Gov. The blaze that has destroyed 20 homes and charred 36 square miles of brush was only 10 percent contained late Tuesday.
Some 3,000 firefighters battling the so-called Sand Fire in the Angeles National Forest had extended containment lines around 40 percent of the 38,350-acre (15,520 hectare) blaze by Wednesday morning, according to fire information officer Sam Wu.
“If you see smoke and fire coming in your direction, don’t wait for a police officer or a deputy or a firefighter to say go”, LACFD Deputy Chief John Tripp said.
In Central California along the Pacific coast, the wildfire in Monterey County, called the Soberanes Fire, has burned more than 19,000 acres.
Officials are uncertain about the cause of the fire, but drought conditions, dried bush and increasing temperatures facilitated the fire’s spread to about 57 square miles, which is larger than the city of San Francisco, according to a CNN report. Helicopters circled the blaze, dousing flames with water.
It was not immediately clear how many homes will remain evacuated.
About 300 miles to the north, a smaller fire raging since Friday between Big Sur and the scenic coastal town of Carmel-by-the-Sea continued to threaten some 1,650 properties after destroying 20 homes on Sunday.
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby lamented the unwillingness of some residents to follow evacuation orders during the height of the battle against the flames, saying fire crews encountered residents while heading into the fire zone.
Friends and clients from around the world called and texted Leavitt, anxious he lost everything after he abandoned the house with fire burning on two sides of it.
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He texted back: “We’re still standing”.
