Firefighters continued to battle the fire overnight and saw wild conditions that aren’t typically present at night.
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About 300 firefighters are battling the fire that broke out around 2;00p Friday. “It’s been a really tough fire and really tough fire season so far”.
High temperatures and heavy winds are expected to continue fueling the fires.
Evacuations include all residents in the Sand Canyon area from Lost Canyon Road to Robinson Ranch Golf Course; all residents in Placerita Canyon from the Placerita Canyon Nature Center to Sand Canyon Road; and Little Tujunga Canyon Road from Bear Divide to the Los Angeles River Ranger District Station, 12371 Little Tujunga Canyon Road.
The blaze 5 miles south of Garrapata State Park posed a threat to 1,000 homes and the community of Palo Colorado was ordered evacuated, Cal Fire said. The area from Gold Creek to the bottom of Camp 16 was listed as voluntary evacuations.
A wildfire burning in the mountainous Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles has grown to more than 17 square miles.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters battled a almost 3-square-mile blaze in rugged mountains north of the majestic Big Sur region on Saturday, calling in Bay Area police departments to help control the fire.
Officials said an evacuation center has been set up at Golden Valley High School, while Wayside Jack Bones Equestrian Center is receiving large animals along with Hansen Dam Equestrian Center. Some evacuations were lifted by early Saturday morning, but fire crews may re-evaluate the situation and order them again.
Some 400 animals were being evacuated from the Wildlife Waystation, a nonprofit sanctuary for rescued exotic creatures within the national forest. Freeway 14 remained open but some lanes and many nearby roads were closed.
Tendrils of white and brown smoke were winding off the ridge lines joining into a hazy soup now blanketing the Los Angeles and Santa Clarita Valleys.
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Residents are reporting smoke-filled air and falling ash in many parts of the greater Los Angeles area, and at least one building is believed to have been damaged or destroyed. Smoke drifted over the city’s downtown, about 30 miles from the fire’s location in Santa Clarita. The advisory is expected to expire by Saturday just before midnight, but it could be extended depending on how the blaze moves throughout the day.
