A wildfire burns in the Palo Colorado Canyon in the scenic Big Sur region of California’s Central Coast, Monday, July 25, 2016.
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Containment has increased on a wildfire north of Los Angeles, which has grown to more than 58 square miles.
Most of the approximate 20,000 residents evacuated because of the Sand fire were allowed to return to their homes Monday night.
For some Southern California resident like John Kim, returning to the area meant picking through the remains of his home, CBS Los Angeles reported.
A week of triple-digit temperatures awaited the 3,000 firefighters battling flames in rugged hills and canyons. The fires are rolling up and down the canyons in what looks like a wall of flames.
Like wind and exceptionally dry conditions, low humidity hampers firefighting efforts. Drones had previously been reported flying over the fire in the Bear Divide area. Ash rained down and red skies became the backdrop.
The single fatality blamed on the Sand Fire was identified on Tuesday as Robert Bresnick, 67, whose body was found Saturday inside a burned-out auto parked in a driveway, said Ed Winter, assistant chief Los Angeles County coroner. “It’s still very hot out there”. Two smaller fires were burning in the Bighorn National Forest.
The wildfire broke out Friday afternoon and quickly spread about 10,000 acres a day.
Fire officials hope they can have the blaze controlled by the end of the week, Judy said, “but it all depends on what the fire does”. An autopsy will determine what caused his death. The man’s identity is so far unknown.
The fire has shown some signs of abatement. Productions that used the ranch included “The A Team”, “Invisible Man” with Chevy Chase”, “Terror From Above” and “Robin Hood: “Men in Tights”, according to the ranch website.
“It tore through here in a blink”, Derek Hunt manager of the Sable Ranch told CNN.
Hunt stood atop a ridge looking over canyons filled with film sets.
Asked about the investigation Monday, sheriff’s Capt. Roosevelt Johnson said detectives were still working on the case.
More than 335 engines, 58 hand crews, 18 water tenders, 26 helicopters and 20 dozers were engaged in Tuesday’s fight.
Laurent Lacore was among those who evacuated on Sunday, the last of his family of four to leave as the fire bore down on his house.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a smoke advisory again on Tuesday with warnings for the fire area, Acton, Antelope Valley and the San Gabriel Mountains. The local air pollution control agency warned that people in the areas affected by smoke should avoid vigorous outdoor or indoor exertion.
Eighteen homes have been destroyed by the fire that is said to be 25 percent contained. But the winds are expected to weaken into Tuesday. The fire is bigger than the size of Manhattan. It remained 10 percent contained on Tuesday, authorities said. “Her house is gone, her boyfriend is gone”, Franklin told the Times. “I don’t know if he got out of there or not”. “It was raining fire from the sky”.
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He still didn’t know what happened to his house. “At the same time they (firefighters) are trying to go in and protect homes, they felt that they lost additional structures because they had to stop what they were doing to help citizens evacuate”.
