Firefighters predicted another difficult day battling a wildfire that has burned 35,000 acres and threatening more than 12,000 homes from Acton to Altadena on the edge of city's grid. Coverage: latimes
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / August 29, 2009)
Firefighters predicted another difficult day battling a wildfire that has burned 35,000 acres and threatening more than 12,000 homes from Acton to Altadena on the edge of city's grid. Coverage: latimes
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I can see the flames from my house in mid Altadena. it is definately getting closer to masses of residential neighborhoods.( Not just the rural homes of the wealthy who should have never built so close to the woods.)
We are real neighborhoods of people and we need more coverage and information.
Posted by: DEDRA MCCOY | August 29, 2009 at 08:16 PM
We live in La Crescenta. We see flames and black smoke in the hills just east of Briggs. Two or three orange helicopters always overhead. Ash covers our cars. We drove closer to the fire and saw people packing up their cars, outside on their roofs. Others parked at nearby Ralphs parking lot watching, sitting on patio chairs. Air smells and tastes like smoke.
Posted by: E. Pintar | August 29, 2009 at 08:26 PM
http://www.vimeo.com/6335740
Posted by: John | August 29, 2009 at 08:33 PM
We live in Littlerock and the sky was filled with ash and wa yellowish brown most of the day. The smell of smoke is very strong here! Hope the fire doesn't make it's way over the mountains and that they get it put out befoee any more homes are lost!
Posted by: J Odice | August 29, 2009 at 09:31 PM
Antelope Valley dealt with flakes of falling ash and a blood-red sun, casting a dark orange shadow over the surrounding areas of Acton, Palmdale and Lancaster. By nightfall, the worst of the smoke seemed to clear, allowing the moon and stars to be seen. The smell of smoke still hangs as a light blanket, but news reports state that by tomorrow emergency measures may have to be taken in areas as far away as 30 miles from the La Canada/Flintridge areas.
Posted by: Robert Brady | August 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
We were at the Angel game tonight and could see the fire line on the side of the mountains, it was quite spectacular to see, hopefully it is contained soon.
Posted by: A | August 29, 2009 at 10:33 PM
You might add to the news about how the Red Cross is providing
canteens(lunch trucks that supply drinks and food) for the firefighters,
and supplying evac centers.
and how people can help the Red Cross.
Posted by: guy kuhn | August 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM
For local updates on the Station Fire, go to the City of La Cañada Flintridge website at: www.lacanadaflintridge.com
Posted by: Kevin Chun | August 30, 2009 at 04:23 AM
Why "the station fire"? Who names these things? Is there any consideration of the nightclub fire that killed 100 people in West Warwick, Rhode Island, also known as The Station. This current fire is in La Canada, California.
Posted by: typical blog commenter | August 30, 2009 at 05:57 AM
I live in Altadena on Loma Alta dr.
We are not evacuated involuntary or mandatory and the sheriffs wil not let us in are house's they have the street blocked off and there telling us if we leave we can not come back.
Posted by: mitchell | August 30, 2009 at 08:22 AM
I was in Long Beach yesterday and saw the smoke coming out of those hills. It was monstrous! It looked like a huge gigantic cumulus nimbus! The plane flew close by and you could see the extension of the fire, I thought to myself; “how in the world are they going to stop this fire?”
Posted by: Jose M. Guerrero | August 30, 2009 at 08:32 AM
I don't live anywhere near that fire but I just wanted to say that it is terrible that that fire is so large. It is definitely affecting the atmosphere with those great large clouds of smoke. And it makes no sense for the architects to have built those huge houses so close to the woods. Perhaps they should have had more precaution.
Posted by: Jenny | August 30, 2009 at 08:57 AM
live near occidental college and the hills here are smokey from the fires! there are ashes stating to fall.
Posted by: robertoc | August 30, 2009 at 10:19 AM
WE can smell the fire and our skies are filled with smoke here in Pahrump, Nevada, near Death Valley.
Posted by: Louise Pitt | August 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM
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shot this last night....
Photos: Associated Press
i shot this last saturday in pasedena
too bad "the architects... built those huge houses so close to the woods..." (from the comments above). i'm sure the architects made those decisions... hmph.
stay safe everyone.
orhan, you far away?
man those horses looked hungry/thin.
And i can't imagine fires that big breaking out so regularly near a city of such large size...
steven, i have written a response to her comments on the second page. just to set the record straight in public forum.
we are far from the fire near the ocean, away from the hills and in the thick of the urban grid. have not seen any ashes falling down. we get ashes when there is a fire in santa monica mountains. the air is bad though. i am glad the horses are rescued. thanks for asking.
wow - altadena is my home turf. scary to see what's coming....
Thanks for such an intresting article. I am so thankful for this. You might add to the news about how the Red Cross is providing
canteens(lunch trucks that supply drinks and food) for the firefighters,
and supplying evac centers.
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