Wildfire News 2024

[Wrightwood]

Sunrise Fire
Big Pines Hwy & Big Rock Creek Rd, SE of Valyermo, CA
Los Angeles County, CA

Sekhar Padmanabhan

 • Staff Reporter
5 minutes ago · Jul 1, 2:47 PM

The fire is five acres burning uphill in light to medium fuel, per arriving county unit. Potential for 20 acres within the next hour. This will be known as the Sunrise Fire.

[Wrightwood]

https://share.watchduty.org/i/23954

[Wrightwood]

[Wrightwood]

Multiple helicopters on scene

https://www.flightradar24.com/34.42,-117.80/13

[Wrightwood]

Watch Duty states:
Units are on scene of a vehicle fire that has spread to the brush, per first arriving unit.

[Wrightwood]

Sekhar Padmanabhan

 • Staff Reporter
An hour ago · Jul 1, 4:40 PM

Crews have hose line around the fire, per incident command. It is about 25 acres.

[Wrightwood]

Angeles National Forest
@Angeles_NF
#SunriseFire
A total of 35.3 acres were burned in a wildfire off of Big Pines Highway near Wrightwood, CA.

Firefighters have constructed a handline around the fire’s perimeter. Great teamwork with @LAFD
 and @LACoFDPIO!

[Wrightwood]

Incident: 2001 Type: Report of Fire Location: Big Pines Hwy / Big Rock Creek Rd Loc Desc: X Lat/Lon: 34.431990 -117.834796
Detail Information
4:46 PM   12   [25] LACORDS IS AT BIG PINES AND LARGO VISTA SETTING UP SIGNS// 89-46A ADVISED FROM A CITIZEN- ADVISED LIFTED OFF AIR UNITS FIRE IS WELL CONTAINED
4:03 PM   11   [23] A89-040A SPREAD HAS BEEN DENTAINED CURRENT CLOSURE AS LARGO VISTA AND BIG ROCK CREEK ARE THE ONLY CLOSURES NEEDED AND WILL NEED FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
4:01 PM   10   [22] AV FRONT DESK OFFICER ADVISED VICTOR UNITS ARE HEADED OUT TO MAN THE CLOSURE SHORTLY
3:51 PM   9   [21] A89-046A INQUIRING IF FIRE WILL WANT TO HAVE BIG PINE SHUT DOWN ALSO AT ANGELES CREST// HAVE LACORDS RESPOND OUT THERE AS WELL WITH ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS [Shared]
3:43 PM   8   [18] 89-2A ADVISED WILL BE REQ SENIOR VOLUNTEERS TO MAN THE CLOSURE [Shared]
3:38 PM   7   [17] 1039 LACOFD// WILL BE NEEDING CHP FOR UNK DURATION OF TIME [Shared]
3:29 PM   6   [16] [Notification] [CHP]-[15] 1039 LACORDS/ CPYS ALL/ NEG ETA [Shared] [Shared]
3:29 PM   5   [15] 1039 LACORDS/ CPYS ALL/ NEG ETA [Shared]
3:20 PM   4   [12] [Appended, 15:23:41] [2] FD WORKING A LRG FIRE
3:18 PM   3   [8] A89-040A BIG PINES BIG ROCK CREEK CLOSURE SIGNS NOW IN PLACE
3:00 PM   2   [6] A89-040A FIRE UNITS 1125 ON BIG PINES HWY BETWEEN BIG ROCK CREEK/ LARGO VISTA// WILL ATTEMPT TO FIND ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS AND ASSIST
2:45 PM   1   [1] RP W/ VIS OF FIRE IN THE HILLSIDE
Unit Information
6:53 PM   28   Unit At Scene
5:54 PM   27   Unit Enroute
5:54 PM   26   Unit Assigned
6:33 PM   25   Unit At Scene
5:42 PM   24   Unit Enroute
5:42 PM   23   Unit Assigned
6:17 PM   22   Unit Cleared
5:40 PM   21   Unit Assigned
5:02 PM   20   Unit At Scene
5:02 PM   19   Unit Enroute
4:45 PM   18   Unit Assigned
5:02 PM   17   Unit At Scene
5:02 PM   16   Unit Enroute
4:45 PM   15   Unit Assigned
6:51 PM   14   Unit Cleared
4:11 PM   13   Unit At Scene
4:11 PM   12   Unit Enroute
3:36 PM   11   Unit Assigned
4:33 PM   10   Unit Cleared
4:11 PM   9   Unit At Scene
4:11 PM   8   Unit Enroute
3:23 PM   7   Unit Assigned
5:35 PM   6   Unit Cleared
3:19 PM   5   Unit At Scene
3:19 PM   4   Unit Enroute
3:00 PM   3   Unit Assigned
2:50 PM   2   Unit Cleared
2:49 PM   1   Unit Assigned

[Wrightwood]

Manzanita Fire
Hwy 2 & Scrub Oak Dr, Wrightwood
San Bernardino County, CA
0.5 Acres

Created by Watch Duty • Jul 7 at 3:37 AM

5 hours ago · Jul 7, 4:32 AM
There is hose now around the fire per Incident Command. Final update.

Michael Silvester
 • Staff Reporter
5 hours ago · Jul 7, 4:21 AM

There is hose around 50% of the fire & the fire has largely burned itself out after running out of fuels per radio traffic - any additional resources are being cancelled.

Michael Silvester
 • Staff Reporter
6 hours ago · Jul 7, 4:05 AM

The fire remains a half acre now moving at a slow rate of spread w/ potential for 1-2 acres per radio traffic.

Michael Silvester
 • Staff Reporter
6 hours ago · Jul 7, 3:45 AM

This is now known as the Manzanita Fire.

Michael Silvester
 • Staff Reporter
6 hours ago · Jul 7, 3:37 AM

Half acre vegetation fire burning in medium fuels w/ moderate rate of spread per an engine at scene.

[tcaarabians]

7/7:  Fire in Lytle Creek

https://app.watchduty.org/#/i/24982

[Wrightwood]

Lytle Fire
300 Block of Lytle Creek Canyon Road, Lytle Creek
San Bernardino County, CA

Matthew Alberto
 • Reporter
19 minutes ago · Jul 7, 10:33 AM

The fire is 1/2 to 1 acre burning at a slow rate of spread with potential for 50 acres per the Incident Commander.

[Wrightwood]

Matthew Alberto
 • Reporter
In a few seconds · Jul 7, 10:55 AM

Law Enforcement has been requested to shut down Lytle Creek Rd @ 3N06 per the Incident Commander.

[Wrightwood]

The best I can tell is that they renamed this fire to the Vista Fire

[Wrightwood]

Sekhar Padmanabhan

 • Staff Reporter
A minute ago · Jul 7, 12:21 PM

FIRIS has mapped the fire at 5.2 acres. The perimeter is viewable on the Watch Duty map. Note that perimeters are preliminary and do not reflect any structure protection efforts by firefighters on the ground.

[Wrightwood]

[Wrightwood]

Sekhar Padmanabhan

 • Staff Reporter
12 minutes ago · Jul 7, 1:03 PM

FIRIS has adjusted its mapping of the fire to nine acres. The updated perimeter is viewable on the Watch Duty map. Note that perimeters are preliminary and do not reflect any structure protection efforts by firefighters on the ground.

[Tursiops]

Any info as to if they will shut down Mtr Days to get all of those visitors off the mountain? Lone Pine is now visible on this map.

[Tursiops]

Any info as to if they will shut down Mtr Days to get all of those visitors off the mountain? Lone Pine is now visible on this map.

[Joe Schmoe]

Define "Mtr days".

[Tursiops]

Mountaineer Days in Wrightwood Village going on now till 5 pm