A state of emergency has been declared in California as wildfires ravage its iconic coastline along the Pacific Coast Highway at Big Sur.
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The blaze in Los Angeles County destroyed 18 homes and killed one person.
Acting Gov. Tom Torlakson, substituting for Gov.
A fire that burned 18 homes and forced evacuations at around 10,000 residences continued to flare up Tuesday in the Santa Clarita Valley north of Los Angeles.
Nearly all evacuation orders were lifted as of 7 p.m. Monday but remained in effect for residents of Placerita Canyon Road from Running Horse Lane to Pacy Street, and along Little Tujunga Road from the Wildlife Waystation to Sand Canyon Road and Placerita Canyon Road. A body was found in a burned auto outside a home in Santa Clarita on Saturday. The coroner identified him Tuesday as 67-year-old Robert Bresnick.
“The rest of our fire season has the potential for more of the same”, Rolinski said. The body of a man, who coroner officials said refused to evacuate an area, was found inside a auto in the 26700 block of Iron Canyon Road Saturday night.
Authorities say a large wildfire burning in the backcountry of northwest Wyoming is threatening hundreds of seasonal homes and has forced scores to flee. Forest Service, but still covered roughly 57 square miles.
No homes have been lost so far. Thousands of homes remained evacuated Sunday as two massive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons.
More than 1,300 personnel are battling the blaze that’s mostly burning out of control.
The morning sun appears through the thick smoke caused by the Soberanes fire.
The signature state parks of California’s grand Big Sur coast are closed as one of the state’s two major wildfires expands in the region.
Authorities said they had managed to contain 25 per cent of the area, meaning the flames there had been isolated and were not expected to spread.
Closures also include the Point Sur lighthouse park, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve and Garrapata State Park.
Crews battling a deadly wildfire in rugged drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles faced a return of brutal heat on Tuesday after a day-long respite of cooler weather and diminished winds that helped them gain some ground against the blaze.
The Orange County Fire Authority sent 95 of its 1,400 firefighters to fight the Sand fire or a second fire in Monterey County.
The fire broke out on Friday afternoon near Sand Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, along the northbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, sheriff’s Capt. Roosevelt Johnson told reporters at a morning news briefing.
As the fire edged away from populated areas and crept farther into the adjoining Angeles National Forest, evacuation orders were lifted on Monday night for most of the estimated 20,000 displaced residents.
Almost 3,000 fire fighters battled to outflank the blaze.
These fires, they added, could be hotter and spread faster than in the past because the yearslong drought has sapped chaparral, brush and trees of moisture, and climate forecasts predict higher-than-average temperatures into December. “With only 25 percent containment, we still have 75 percent of the 37,000-plus acre fire that is unsecured”.
Evacuation orders are still in place for those two communities.
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The single fire fatality was identified on Tuesday as Robert Bresnick, 67, whose body was found Saturday inside a burned-out vehicle parked in a driveway, said Ed Winter, assistant chief Los Angeles County coroner.
