Wildfire News 2022

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(Wednesday, August 31, 2022)

#RouteFire

The Route Fire is 4,625-acre fire (approx. 100-acres on Forest Service land) with 0% containment and is burning south of Castaic Lake near NB I-5 Fwy. and Lake Hughes Road. The brush fire started at 12:01 p.m. on August 31, 2022, and is under unified command or jointly managed by LA County Fire Department, the Angeles National Forest, CAL FIRE, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Santa Clarita Station). The California Highway Patrol, CalTrans District 7, and the Red Cross are also assisting with the Route Fire.

View LA County's emergency map and information website here: https://lacounty.gov/emergency/

Evacuations still in place:

    North of North Lake Hills Elementary School
    South of Templin Highway (includes Paradise Ranch Mobile Estates)
    East of I-5 Fwy.
    West of Castaic Lagoon

Evacuation Shelter Location:
Frazier Mountain High School
700 Falcon Way
Lebec, CA 93243
 
Small animals can be evacuated to:
Castaic Animal Shelter
31044 North Charlie Canyon Road
Castaic, CA 91384
 
To stay up-to-date on evacuations, visit: https://twitter.com/SCVSHERIFF
 
Road Closures:

    The I-5 Freeway is closed in both directions at Casitas, CA. Closures at northbound at Lake Hughes Road and southbound at Vista Del Lago.

To stay-up-to-date on road closures, visit: https://twitter.com/CaltransDist7

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Wildfire Update
(Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022)

#GulchFire
    113 acres, grass and brush, 97% contained
    Patrolling and monitoring the fire area
    https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8362

#EastFire
    113 acres, grass and brush, 97% contained
    Patrolling and monitoring the fire area
    https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8359

Closures are still in place for visitors (vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and equestrians) in the following locations:

    All of San Gabriel Canyon is closed.

    State Route 39 (San Gabriel Canyon Rd.) from San Gabriel River Bridge to Crystal Lake Rd.
    East Fork Rd from Hwy 39 to Glendora Mountain Rd.
    Glendora Mountain Rd from Glendora, CA to the East Fork.
    Glendora Ridge Rd. from Mt. Baldy to Glendora Mountain Rd.

To stay updated with road closures, visit:

    LA County Public Works: https://dpw.lacounty.gov/roadclosures
    Caltrans (California Department of Transportation): https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov

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https://www.alertwildfire.org/tile-display/viewer/?cams=Axis-BearMtnNorth&cams=Axis-SnowSummitSouth&cams=Axis-BearPeakSouth&cams=Axis-BearPeakSouth2&cams=Axis-DeadmansRidgeWest&cams=Axis-LakeviewBigBear1

State ID: CA
3 letter designator: BDF
Fire name: Radford
Location: Barton Flats area, south of Snow Summit Ski Area, Big Bear
Reported acres: 350 +
Rate of spread: Last report from Intel 24 was moderate
Report on Conditions: Spot fires running up to ridge (Snow Summit)
Structure threat: Yes
Resources: BDF BC 11 BC 13 BC 32 CH 2 CREW 5 DIV 1 DIV 5 E315 E316 E317 E330 E334 E338 E339 E50 H535 HT 25M HT 2CK PT16 PT19 PT52 PT55* PT57* WT212 WT232 WT234, BDC 2CMD21 AC108 AD350Y BC119 BC121 BC122 BC141 BC1612 BC2805 BC403 BDFBC13 BDFBP15 BDFBP16 BDFBP17 BDFBP19 BDFC-5 VISTAGRANDE BDFDC1 BDFE315 BDFE316 BDFE317 BDFE334
Hazards:
Weather: At time of start @ 1331 hrs Temp 80F RH 23% Winds NE4, G11
Radio channels:
Scanner link: Courtesy of socalmountains.com 13 http://bigbearscanner.com/ 18
Webcam link: ALERT Wildfire 110
Agency Website: https://twitter.com/sbcountyfire 17
IR Map at 2335 hrs 9/5

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San Bernardino County Fire is in Big Bear Lake, California.

Radford Fire (Tuesday Evening Update)
The #RadfordFire was reported at 1:30 in the afternoon on September 5th by a Forest Service Helicopter while doing lightning reconnaissance. Today the fire continued to burn in heavy fuels and steep terrain. Firefighters continued to work on perimeter control, containment lines & structure defense. San Bernardino County Fire remains in Unified Command with the San Bernardino National Forest.
Acres: 917, 2% contained
Fire Information Center:
Phone: 909-383-5688
Hours:  7AM - 10 PM
Evacuations:
Several evacuation orders and warnings are in place for Big Bear & Seven Oak Area. Visit the link for an updated / interactive map.
https://sbcounty.maps.arcgis.com/.../intera.../index.html...
Road Closures:
Highway 38 is closed from Valley of the Falls Drive east to Lake Williams Drive.  Residents of the mountain communities (Angelus Oaks, Etc.), will be allowed through the closure with proof of residency.
Evacuation Center:
The American Red Cross will be opening an evacuation center at the Big Bear High School, 351 Maple Lane, Big Bear, CA.  The center will open at 1:30.  For assistance with animal evacuations, contact SB County Animal Care and Control at 800-472-5609.
Pertinent Links:
Radford Fire Inciweb (For up to date fire info) - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8390/
San Bernardino County Telephone Notification System (TENS) sign up information - http://www.sbcounty.gov/SBCFire/TENS/TENSContact.aspx
Road Closures:
https://roads.dot.ca.gov/...
Or call 1-800-427-7623
Smoke:
For local smoke information, please visit http://Airnow.gov

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Cheseboro Fire
Forward progress stopped

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